Trump’s moves
After the tear of the oval studio of the White House, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky He tense to the American president Donald Trumppraising Washington’s support and invoking help in the peace path with Russia. Yesterday evening the Kiev leader reiterated: “We are preparing a step by step plan to get to a right and hard peace. We are working quickly and will be ready in the near future “. And again: “Europe has a shared vision on how war should end and what security guarantees should be. Europe should be at the negotiation table in future interviews together with Ukraine and the United States “.
Trump used strong ways with Zelensky, as evidenced by the stop to military aid. Yesterday the suspension of sharing intelligence information: The news was confirmed by the CIA. A novelty that represents a nice problem for Ukraine, because it could make Vladimir Putin’s aggression of troops even more complicated: the cooperation of stars and stripes intelligence was fundamental for the country of Zelensky to allow him to identify and hit Russian military objectives.
The director of the CIA John Ratcliffe he specified a Fox News That the suspension “on the military and on that of intelligence” is temporary and that the USA “will return to work alongside Ukraine”. Ratcliffe stressed that “working side by side with Ukraine” is necessary “because we must reject the aggression there is and create the best conditions so that these peace negotiations can go on”.
As for the rare earththe agreement on the exploitation of mineral resources between the United States and the Ukraine has not yet been aimed. Different American sources mentioned by CBS They report that Trump, after the breaking of the White House last week, aims to reach a “wider and more advantageous agreement“. The secretary of the Treasury Scott Besent said that although the agreement had not yet been signed, an imminent signature was not foreseen. In other words, The Donald would like more.
“We all want a safe future for our people. Not a ceased temporary fire, but the end of the war once and for all. With our coordinated efforts and the leadership of the United States, this is completely achievable “highlighted Zelensky, testifying to the priority conferred on peace. Yesterday Zelensky had a “Franco” interview with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz “On various problems and on our vision for the future security architecture”, stating that “we rely on the unit of Europe around Ukraine and we are working for this”.
Macron’s moves
On the European front, the rumors of a possible mission of the French President have multiplied Emmanuel Macron and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmertogether with the aforementioned Zelensky, in Washington to meet Trump and take stock of Ukraine. But sources of the Elysée have denied, underlining that “in this phase” there is no mission of this type. For now, British Foreign Minister John Healey will fly to the United States to meet the American colleague Pete Hegseth. But the idea of keeping a Summit between Brussels and Washington It is alive: an opportunity to keep the West united. The proposal, launched first by Giorgia Meloni, “could be useful”, confirmed a high EU official on the eve of the extraordinary European Council: “We will see when there will be the conditions by the USA”.
It is undeniable that the position of the United States worries Europeans. In a speech to the nation, Macron spoke of a “new era”, underlining that the old continent must take his own safety. The owner of the Elysée reiterated that Russia, which became a threat not only for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe, cannot be ignored, warning that Europe cannot remain passive and has been said ready to “open the strategic debate” on the nuclear dissuasionproposing a European atomic defense with the support of the allies. “Who can believe that Russia will stop at Ukraine? – he said – in front of this world in danger, remaining spectators would be madness. Russia has become a threat to France and Europe. The situation that I describe is that, and we must live together. And the road to peace cannot do without Ukraine. Peace cannot be the capitulation of Ukraine. We cannot forget that Russia began to invade Ukraine in 2014 “.
The question is: Macron Do you make the protagonism or is it really able to support what it promises? Of course: the nuclear weapon is from his. But how many countries would they be willing to move from the American “nuclear hat” to the French one? When Emmanuel says “The future of Europe cannot be decided in Washington or Moscow”, is it perhaps assuming that the decision -making center moves to Paris? Because one thing is certain, in this EU: beyond the economic union (moreover overflowing with internal duties) and bureaucratic, there is nothing. The political agreement does not exist and making decisions to the European Council is more complicated than approving a motion at a condominium meeting. In fact, in his speech to the nation, Macron specified that Every decision on the atomic bomb “has always been and will remain in the hands of the President of the Republicwhatever happens ”. That is: we command and nuclear codes we manage them, as well as the budget and the operation of each
And then, the last note: when Emmanuel speaks of a European peace mission in Ukraine, keeps account of the fact that the military that Paris can provide are not even remotely sufficient to cover the entire war front with Russia? Paris boasts something like 300 thousand effective, just under double those that the Russians had sent only in the first wave.
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