Dopo il vertice dell’Alaska, gli europei temono che Trump prefererà l’Ucraina

After the much-ballyhooed summit in Alaska, anxious Europeans (including Ukrainians) believe the worst did not happen. President Trump did not agree to hand over chunks of Ukraine to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, at least not yet, or to limit European aid to Kyiv.

But that does not mean European leaders are completely at ease.

After meeting Mr. Putin and debriefing European leaders, Mr. Trump now believes a peace treaty can be done rapidly, as long as Ukraine agrees to give up more territory in the eastern Donbas region, putting the onus on President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to agree, two European officials said on Saturday. The officials requested anonymity to discuss private talks.

In comments after the Alaska summit on Friday, Mr. Trump lavishly praised Mr. Putin at the expense of Mr. Zelensky. After all, Mr. Trump said, “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not,” he told Fox News, referring to Ukraine.

“Now it is really up to President Zelensky to get it done,” he added. “I would also say the European nations have to get involved a little bit.”

Whether he meant that the Europeans should also pressure Ukraine to come to terms or that they should provide further aid and assurances to Kyiv was not clear. Mr. Zelensky said on Saturday that he would meet Mr. Trump in Washington on Monday and may bring some European leaders along for support, doubtful that a serious peace treaty could happen as quickly as the American president seems to think.

But the outcome of the short Alaska meeting, with more talks to come, reveals an underlying problem for the Europeans. They have no strategy of their own for bringing the war to a close, let alone for defeating Moscow. Instead, they have been racing to keep up with the variable stances of Mr. Trump, trying to hold him to certain red lines that protect Ukrainian sovereignty and European security.

For Mr. Trump, the war in Ukraine, which he consistently blames on Mr. Zelensky, is an obstacle to his desired relationship with Mr. Putin. But for Europe, the fate of Ukraine is of strategic importance. If Ukraine collapses, European military and political leaders predict a Russian effort to test NATO in the following few years. If a militarized Russia can be held off — or even beaten back — it may end or retard Mr. Putin’s ambitions to upend the post-Cold War order and recreate the Soviet empire.

We don’t worry. We know he is going to do it.

Trump looked as if he’d been reamed. Utterly confused and battered.
History will eventually know what Pootin has on him.

So?

Maybe it’s time to stop kissing Trump’s hand and publicly criticize him? Do you understand that if a direct war starts between Russia and Europe, then the United States will not help us? At least the “republican” USA? I just don’t understand this approach from the Europeans, honestly. Trump and the entire Republican modern party are not your help and will not be.