Someone leaked a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine, attributing it to the US and Russia. Apparently, no one bothered keeping the EU in the loop. But it wasn’t long before they were busy proving precisely why they’ve been avoided.

But the screeching from the EU big top tent was so distracting that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to go over to Geneva on Sunday in the same way that a parent has to go calm down their toddler having a tantrum in the supermarket aisle because everyone’s rolling their eyes and staring.

The unelected European Commission President, ‘Queen’ Ursula von der Leyen, said on Sunday that the EU’s “centrality” has to be recognized in any peace plan. And that “Ukraine must have the freedom and sovereign right to choose its own destiny. They have chosen a European destiny.”

Who is she, Ukraine’s mom? Talk about helicopter parenting. Why did Queen Ursula say earlier in the week, in the immediate wake of the leak, that she was going to “reach out to Zelensky to discuss the matter”?

She keeps saying that he’s a big boy, and that Ukraine is sovereign and independent. Which must be why she’s talking like she’s waiting for a phone call from a 12-year old to let her know what time he’s going to be home so he doesn’t break curfew.

The EU was waiting by the phone alright – but it wasn’t ringing. European Council President Antonio Costa had said that he had no idea what was in the proposal because they hadn’t even been told about it.

Well, now you know. Feel better? Of course not. Rubio had to go all the way over to Geneva to pay lip service to the........

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