Betrayal? The world’s reaction to Trump’s calls

Many European politicians, Kyiv supporters were shocked and angry at Donald Trump’s conversation with Putin and his statement that he would immediately begin negotiations with the Russian war against Ukraine.

Worldwide, United States President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and the American leader about an imminent meeting with a dictator, Ukraine’s inability to restore occupied territories and become part of NATO is actively discussed. Some European politicians said that without the peace negotiations of Ukraine and Europe would be impossible, others – that such verbal concessions even before the start of negotiations meant the treachery of the interests of both Ukraine and West.

Putin’s success?

The New York Times will directly call the talk between Russia’s great success. “Putin’s phone calls for the idea that Moscow and Washington should solve other important issues,” the newspaper wrote. “This is a clear sign that Putin, despite Russia’s disasters failure at the beginning of Ukraine’s invasion of the beginning of 2022, could still leave the war with the blocked map of Europe and the increased influence of the Russia. ”

The problem is for Europe

It’s like a scenario – that America will turn away Ukraine and European partners, prefers to arrange directly with Putin – Zelensky is most feared, the Theeconomist defined in his interview with the President of Ukraine , which has been published a day before. Now Trump’s conversation with Putin has brought fear and terror to the Kyiv and European capitals, the newspaper writes. At the same time, in Ukraine there is an opinion that this is the failure of Europe as a whole, the economist’s record. “I think everyone will be decided without Ukraine,” the publication quoted an unnamed Ukrainian official. – Ukraine in shit. And Europe, that’s it.

According to the economist, Trump is really starting to normalize relationships with Russia, without achieving tangible concessions from the Kremlin.

And if Trump seems to be focused primarily at the end of hate in Ukraine, Putin probably wants to get a more complex agreement from the United States, not allowing Ukraine to join NATO, limit the number of armed Ukraine forces and reduce NATO’s existence in eastern one and central Europe, written by the New York Times, referring to the opinion of its interlocutors from analysts. Putin is not likely to agree to stop fighting before he receives guarantees for the fulfillment of at least part of these conditions, the publication summarizes their position. Many commentators at the same time say that it should not be seen as a given, Putin will accept everything he wants, NYT emphasizes: negotiations are still preparing.

Worse than Munich–1938?

Former Prime Minister of Sweden, co-chair of the European Council on International Relations, Karl Bildt compared Trump and Highse’s statements to the actions of European leaders with Hitler negotiations in Munich in 1938-and compared to no favor Trump.

“This, of course, is an innovative approach to negotiations – to make a huge concession before they begin. Even the Chamberlain did not fall very low in 1938. And Munich didn’t finish well,” Bildt said.

A longtime critic Trump, American senator Adam Schiff wrote on social networks called by the US President “called our enemy, Russia before calling our allies, Ukraine”. The senator also noted that at the same time, the Secretary of Defense of Defense Piet Hegset did not include Ukraine’s future in NATO and the restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty to its territories. Schiff expressed confidence that this was no more than “surrendering the interests of Ukraine and us, even before negotiations begin”.

“Let’s call a spade of a spade: this is the surrender of Ukraine’s interests and our interests before the negotiations begin. Of course, Trump is a big specialist at the end of transactions – transactions in favor of Kremlin, “Shiff said.