Two reasons for which Trump “is afraid” of Putin, indicated by a reputed military analyst. “But there is a country that should not be afraid”
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his Amnerican counterpart Donald Trump “a clear feeling that if you press him too hard, he will use nuclear weapons, and Trump has never been able to overcome it,” says British professor Michael Clarke, expert in security and defense, after analyzing the meeting between the two leaders who took place in Alaska.
In a session of questions and answers with readers, from an interview organized by Sky News on the Ukraine War, Michael Clarke was questioned about the Alaska summit and how the Kremlin leader seemed “in control”.
The British analyst said that a series of officers from secret, retired services, I think Putin has compromising information about Trump, “much more serious than the prostitutes in the hotel rooms in Moscow”.
“About something more durable, deeper and more financial – I do not know if it is true or not,” said the teacher.
Other analysts and commentators said that Trump was “very impressed” by Putin's threats with nuclear weapons and “scared” by his cunning.
“He gave Trump a clear feeling that if you press him too loudly, he will use nuclear weapons, and Trump has never been able to get over it,” Clarke said.
The British expert added: “Trump is afraid of him, fears him (at the level) intellectually and fears him because he believes that (Putin) could use nuclear weapons.”
Clarke continued: “We, the others, could say that you should not be afraid of it.”
“But if there is a country that should not be afraid, that is the United States,” said the teacher.
Michael Clarke is a professor invited to King's College in London and the University of Exeter. He was founding director of the Center for Defense Studies and then of the International Policy Institute, both at King's College in London, before becoming general manager of the Royal United Institute.
He has been a specialized counselor of several continuous parliamentary committees, since 1997, and is part of the common parliamentary commission on the national security strategy. Previously, he was a member of the Advisory Council of the Chief of the General Staff of Defense and of the National Security Forum of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Clarke is a member of the Russian and a member of the KCL, the University of Aberystwyth and the Royal College of Defense Studies. His latest book (from 2022), written with Helen Ramscar, is “Britain's Persuaders: Soft Power in a hard World”.
What Trump acknowledged about the Ukraine War
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said he hopes for his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to “behave well” and advance to the end of the war in Ukraine, but he admitted that the Kremlin leader may not want to conclude an understanding, although he “is tired” of this war. “Inflexible”. The comments of the leader from the White House came after the series of high -level meetings that did not lead to concrete results for a conflict cessation perspective, Reuters said.
Despite the optimistic note in which the Trump-Putin summit ended on Friday in Alaska and then at the White House Trump's meetings with Zelenski and the group of European leaders who came there to support the latter, the divergences remain numerous and difficult to solve. For example, Zelenski rejects any transfer of territories to Russia, which on its side rejects any troops from NATO countries as a security guarantee for Ukraine, while the latter European allies further provides all the support if it continues the war.
“I do not think it will be a problem, to be honest with you. I think Putin has been tired of this (he was tired of war-n.red). I think everyone was tired of it, but it is never known,” Trump said on Tuesday in an interview with Fox News.
Although he says Putin is “tired” of war, Trump openly acknowledges that the Kremlin leader may not want to conclude a peace agreement
“In the next few weeks we will find out about (what intentions-N. Red.) President Putin (…) It is possible that he does not want to conclude an agreement”, and if so he might face a “difficult situation”, added the US president, an opinion that contrasts with a statement that he has to say about a microphone, and that for the end of the war.
The relationships between Putin and Zelenski could, however, “a little better,” Trump continued, motivating that if he did not believe this he would no longer have tried to get a bilateral meeting between the two, a meeting he announced after the discussions on Monday, but which was not confirmed by Russia, which had to be prepared.
Trump also spoke about his warm relationship with Putin, but acknowledged the possibility that his efforts for a Russian-Ukrainian peace agreement will fail.
“I hope President Putin will be cute, and if not, he will be in a difficult situation. And I also hope that President Zelenski will do what he has to do. He has to prove a little flexibility,” warned the US president on his two counterparts, according to Agerpres.
Regarding the security guarantees for Ukraine that Kiev and its European allies require as part of any peace agreement, Trump said that although Europe is willing to send troops in a certain form, the United States will not do so, but it could provide another type assistance.
“There will be a certain form of (guarantee of) security. But this cannot be NATO,” the US president said. “They (the European allies of Ukraine-n. Red.) They are willing to send troops on the ground. We are willing to help them with some things, we could probably speak especially of air missions,” he said vaguely.
President Zelenski told the press after the meetings held on Monday at the White House that, in about 10 days, his country's allies will put on paper the form that the security guarantees could take.
