Backstage of Trump's conversation with European leaders. “Everyone has stopped their breath”
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Finland President Alexander Stubb listened to the US President, who completely changed his policy towards Russia.
He no longer insisted on a 30-day suspension of weapons, which Russia had refused for months-and despite the fact that it was his own request, to which Europeans joined. Sources from the German government in an interview with the editors of the “Bild” daily said that he did not want to hear about imposing new sanctions on Russia, although the White House a week earlier assured that he would do it if there was no progress in peaceful talks. He also stated that Moscow and Kyiv should independently develop a solution that would lead to the end of the war.
He informed “The New York Times” about changing the position of Donald Trump in a telephone conversation with Europeans. This information was then confirmed by people from German government circles in an interview with the editors of the “Bild” daily.
Dramatic tone
From the information she won, it shows that Trump's phone call with European leaders had more dramatic tone than before. The US president was to say that since Russia and Ukraine would negotiate directly, the United States withdraw from attempts to end the war.
The interlocutors of the “Bild” daily said that After these words, “everyone kept their breath”. Nobody dared to ask the US President about what exactly he meant. They were afraid that he could declare that the US would withdraw all support for Ukraine.
Sources from German government circles say that maintaining Trump's involvement in attempts to end the war He is one of the most important goals of the foreign policy of Chancellor Friedrich Merz. During the telephone conversation, he was to try to achieve this goal, offering Trump and other participants to organize a “technical meeting” of negotiators in order to prepare impending peace conversations between Russia and Ukraine. Trump was to agree to this proposal.
Total withdrawal of the USA from the peace process between Russia and Ukraine it could have unpredictable consequences. Although the new US government approaches weapons to Ukraine with great skepticism, it still receives important intelligence information from Washington on Russian attacks.
Starlink is also of great importance for Ukrainian soldiers on the front, which is a huge support for Ukraine's defense activities – it is used by Ukrainian drones, internet applications for communication, identification and achieving goals. The total withdrawal of the US from attempts to end the war could lead Washington to improve relations with Russia and unilateral abolition of sanctions.
However, the worst scenario managed to prevent – at least for now. Considering the constant changes in Trump's position, it is not clear how long it will be possible to keep it.
