The United States started in Munich by annoying Europe, writes Maria Stenroos, EPN’s NATO journalist.
Maria Stenroosnato Specialist Reporter
Munich Until a couple of weeks ago, the President of the Republic Alexander Stubb said to political journalists in Finland that Donald Trump is the one that compels Vladimir Putin To negotiate the peace of Ukraine.
Other European leaders used the same polite speech. Many emphasized how Trump in his first season was right and aroused Europe to strengthen his defense.
Then the United States surprised. Donald Trump talked about a long call with Putin. The same day of the Minister of Defense Pete Heggeth He said that Ukraine should not reach its former boundaries and does not become a member of NATO.
The Trump administration seems to follow Putin before talking about peace.
Stubb’s voice changed from the moment Trump called Putin.
Today, Stubb described Trump’s negotiation tactics as surprising and special. He also said that the Ukraine line in the US was sawing.
Like other European countries, Finland wanted to believe the United States is a good partner. Even Trump’s announcement of taking Greenland from Denmark did not spark public criticism. Now the public speech has changed. However, not as steep as the brave European police.
The United States now strikes the European system and values from many directions.
On the first day of the Munich Security Conference on Vice President JD VANCE annoyed Europe with his speech.
Vance did not speak at the Security Conference about Ukraine, defending Europe or the United States, or world order, as expected. He spent his time and place in front of European leaders and military commanders to criticize European democracy as degenerated and seeming.
According to Vance, European leaders are afraid of their own people and voters when they do not accept the values they consider wrong.
For example, Vance believes that the false voting results are that in Romania, for example, a far -right candidate received a voice. However, the result was not accepted, but the Constitutional Court overturned the election effect from outside the election result.
Vance also listed several examples familiar from the web -based discussion forums favored and kept them as evidence of the decay of European values.
An example of an apparently working democracy can be found in the United States, where Trump’s administration has just started.
“If you are afraid of your own voters, the United States cannot do anything for you,” Vance challenged.
Support would apparently be available to Europe with the right values.
In his speeches, Vance seeks to dismantle the unity of Europe.
In Europe, the Trump administration is a model for many European radical populists. Trump’s team of power Elon Musk has declared that only AFD can save German.
The Munich audience, who listened to the speech, was sitting true and applauded. The high representative of Europe Kaja Kallas In my opinion, the speech was challenging the dispute. German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius It was not acceptable for Vance to criticize European freedom of expression.
Stubb described Vance’s speech as confusing.
This week has shown that Europe became surprised by the United States, even though Trump’s administration was known to have prepared its policies in depth.
Now, Europe is in a hurry to collect its ranks so that the United States does not walk across the mainland.
After talking to European leaders, Vance visited the AFD leader.