As the portal reports, in the White House in recent days there is a frustration resulting from the lack of views on the imminent end of Russia's war with Ukraine. President Trump is also disappointed in person, who is even to consider “abandoning diplomatic efforts”.
According to good sources in Washington, some of the White House officials believe that Europeans are the main blame for lack of progress and see in them the “main obstacle”.
Axios claims that in the surroundings of Donald Trump some “lose patience with European leaders.” They accuse them of “pressing on Ukraine so that it waits for unrealistic territorial concessions from Russia.”
At the same time – according to the Americans – the British and the French are to be “the most constructive”. The leaders of other European countries – as one of the officials of the White House explains anonymously – “they want the states to suffered the full cost of this war, without risking anything by itself.”
Axios informs that the White House was asked by the Ministry of the Treasury to create a list of potential sanctions that Europe could impose on Russia. It is to be, among others Complete completion of gas and oil purchases from Russia, as well as secondary sanctions for India and China, probably increased duties, similar to those that Washington has already decided to be the Washington.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz assessed that Vladimir Putin responds to “even greater aggression” to the efforts of Europe and the United States to lead to the end of the war against Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he and Merz would talk to President Trump during the weekend. According to the French President, Putin deceived Trump that he wanted to meet with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelnski. European politicians argue that for this reason there should be a sanction regime to Russia.
