Trump's calculated service. This is how he laughed in the face of allies from Europe
As for diplomacy, the decision of Donald Trump to bomb Iranian nuclear objects was as humiliating for Europe as brutal in terms of military for Iran.
It revealed his complete lack of interest in traditional US allies on the other side of the Atlantic – the more that they all called for restraint. Now European officials are trying to make a good face in the face of obvious insignificance for the United States and a growing, difficult to solve crisis in the Middle East.
Perhaps the worst is, however, that appears in many suspicions that Trump not only ignored his European partners, but He also used them as geopolitical lures – To cheat Iran and convince him that the attack is not inevitable.
For Europe, the price of this powerlessness is extremely high.
On the one hand, the EU allocates billions of euros to assistance programs for Palestinians. On the other – This conflict led to a deep among European allies. It has been visible since the Hamas attack on Israel from October 2023.
“The US attacks on Iran show decreasing, if not marginal, the influence of European powers in the region,” said Sanam Vakil, an expert for the Middle East from London's Think Tank Chatham House.
When Trump exacerbated rhetoric regarding raids, it seemed that the US would join Israel's war with Iran within a few days. On Thursday, June 19, the White House published a surprising statement of the president, suggesting that he was beginning to have doubts as to the legitimacy of military activities. Maga Trump's movement was divided on this issue, and some known characters definitely opposed the next American war in the Middle East.
French President Emmanuel Macron, Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney, US president Donald Trump and the Prime Minister of Great Britain Keir Starmer during the G7 summit in Canada, June 16, 2025.
Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the White House, said that the US President would decide in the next two weeks as to whether Washington should take military activities in the Middle East – because he wants to give a real chance of diplomacy.
Many officials from France, Germany and Great Britain received this as an impulse to strengthen diplomatic activities – they have long cooperated with the Americans in the field of stopping Iran's nuclear ambitions. Group E3 [złożona z przedstawicieli trzech wspomnianych wyżej państw] Together with the EU, she was planned for the next day in Geneva, crisis talks with the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Aragczi. Suddenly they gained much more significance.
There are many indications that the Americans also treated the meeting in Geneva seriously and were disappointed with Iran's stubbornness. The conversations ended without much progress, but the E3 group stated that he wanted to continue negotiations.
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A few hours later, the Americans began raids on Iranian nuclear objects. After the fact, European ministers admitted that they had no knowledge about them.
Johann Wadephul, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a Sunday television interview for ZDF said that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio “unequivocally” stated that the US would not join the war. He added that he was informed about the bombing “just like British colleague David Lammy – after [ataku]not before him. “
British officials found that they were “informed” about the US military activities. However, it was a humiliating situation for the British Prime Minister Keira Starmerwhich in the last days and weeks called for the de -escalation of the conflict, and even publicly said that the United States would not take military actions against Iran.
Starmer drew attention to special relations with Trump – he was supposed to play the role of a bridge between Washington and the rest of Europe. However, no bridge is needed if the B-2 bomber is a means of transport.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is a favorite of the magician movement, and was also surprised by the American attack.
The Trump administration completely ignored the EU and British appeals for the de -escalation of the conflict. Even worse is that the US allies have been excluded from the circle of military decision -makers. The most glaring for many, however, is the suggestion that Trump used the diplomatic efforts of his alleged “friends” from behind the Atlantic to mislead Iran and convince him that the attack could only occur in a few weeks.
Trump's thoughtful service
According to a comprehensive report published by “The New York Times”, Trump's statement that he needs up to two weeks to make a decision to attack Iran – due to the “significant” chance for the success of diplomatic activities – He was his thoughtful maneuver to weaken Tehran's vigilance. Journalists of this editorial office stated that on Friday, June 20 around 17.00, just a few hours after the E3 group talks with Iran representatives in Geneva, Trump issued the order to start bombers.
– In the period preceding E3 attacks, she was largely removed aside in nuclear conversations. Negotiations were increasingly dominated by direct interactions between the USA and Iran, and Europe was not able to offer significant incentives or guarantees – said Vakil of Chatham House. The meeting in Geneva “revealed this powerlessness even more, and the European appeals for restraint were overshadowed by the definite military actions of the USA undertaken without consulting them [europejskimi przywódcami]”.
The Prime Minister of Israel Binjamin Netanyahu with the President of the United States Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, April 7, 2025.
A representative of the German government in an interview with Politico tried to underestimate this issue. – Each conflict has a military and diplomatic side. We know that the Americans themselves are still taking precautions to find a way out of this diplomatic situation. That is why I believe that the agreements and the findings reached between the USA, E3 and other parties to develop such a way out were not worthless at that moment and they will not become such – he said.
When asked about the two -week deadline set by Trump to negotiations, he answered. – There is something biblical about it. Two weeks can mean many things. In other cases, we know that it could be a very long period. Now we have discovered that it could also be a very short period – he said.
On Tuesday, France President Emmanuel Macron tried to convince that Europe is in a win. – I am well aware of the fact that when the weapon strikes and we do not participate in these attacks, we can feel marginalized. Sometimes I hear it in the comments of some people. I think that when we decided not to attack, but we remain consistent with our position, strategically and in the long term, we win – he said.
Irreversible weakness
In fact, however Europe does not even participate in the game.
As for the conflict in the Middle East, the European Union, Great Britain and other countries, such as Canada, tried to influence especially Israel so that it would not escalate the conflict. However, none of these activities brought a specific result. Europe has a particularly complicated relationship with the right -wing binjamin government Netanyahu.
The locking of the Gaza Strip by Israel and the resulting humanitarian crisis for weeks, as a result of which thousands of Palestinians are threatened by hunger death due to the lack of sufficient food assistance, caused the indignation of EU leaders and the increasingly stronger criticism of Israel. In the review carried out this month by the highest diplomat EU Kaja Kallas was found that Israel violated the provisions regarding human rights contained in the association agreement with the EU.
Brussels is currently considering whether to punish Israel for these shortcomings. He strongly criticizes this move – the decision to review the association agreement during the war, the government called “scandalous and indecent”.
For the EU it is clear that Israel basically decided to stop listening to her. The credibility that Kaja Kallas built in Israel was irreversibly undermined, and European complaints will probably be ignored by him. And the fact that the EU is the greatest source of financial assistance for the Gaza Strip and the conflict has a response to the entire European policy makes Brussels in an unfavorable position.
Netanyahu showed that he only listens to Trump – and not always.
– In many issues related to the Middle East, it is easy to see that the United States play an important role in current events, but I think that the EU can also clearly present its position – said Politico Jessica Rosencrantz, the Swedish Minister of European Affairs.
But does anyone in this region listen to Europe? “Well, I think that if 27 countries agree on some matter and speak with one voice, it matters,” she said. – However, you have to approach the topic realistically. There are many other players in the region who play an important role there – she added.
