Summit at Donald Trump: “Operetta tragedy and involuntary comedy”

“Hospodarske Noviny” (Czech Republic):

“The Ukrainians now need concrete and tangible security guarantees. These must above all the sending of western soldiers to their soil and the closure of the airspace for Russian Drone and include rockets. Because a signed sheet of paper alone, which can also be interpreted at any time or completely teared up, will not prevent the Kremlin from a new aggression. You have to have soldiers and weapons and be ready to use them. That is the reality of today’s world. Many European politicians are still not ready to admit this. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, have this experience every day when defending their country. “

“Trump insisted on putting the most delicate topic for Kiev: the regional detections required by Putin, which demands the annexation of Donetsk and Luhansk, including the areas controlled by the Ukrainians (30 percent of this territory). A condition that means military suicide for Ukraine because it would have to give up strategically important areas for its defense. The Ukrainian President therefore seems to be faced with a very difficult decision: either to adhere to the territorial integrity or to ensure the survival of the Ukrainian state by accepting area negotiations in exchange for certain protection by the EU and the USA. “

“Nesawissimaja Gazeta” (Russia):

“The western leaders advised themselves before the meeting with the US President with Selenskyj. As in the press leaked, they taught him ‘how to speak to the US President’, find a common language, so that a collision does not repeat itself on February 28th. Selenskyj met before meeting Trump. Most Proukrainian civil servants of the current US administration.

“Ria Novosti” (Russia)

“Will a three -way summit lead to an end to the fight? No, because even in this case nothing is certain – all preliminary agreements between Putin and Trump can be thrown over the pile at the last moment, also from the third party involved in the meeting. And even at a successful summit, a reliable peace is not guaranteed – then not only a ceasefire must be met (which will be announced in the next step), but also has to be overcome in a next step) and security guarantees must be formulated.

“Washington Post” (USA): “An agreement is possible. If Europeans and Americans commit themselves to keeping Russia in Ukraine in chess for as long as possible – probably for as long as Putin – this would actually be a welcome change. But if Trump Or any complacent Western European head of state begins to dream of premature normalization of relationships with Moscow, a war over an unprepared Europe could break in within a few years. (…) The question is whether President (Trump) understands that the conclusion of an agreement is only the beginning. “

“Die Zeit” (Germany): The whole meeting was blown away by an absurd, operetta -like tragedy and of inappropriate and involuntary comedy. Donald Trump did not look like the President of the United States in this strange performance, not like a dealmaker and power man. Merz and his colleagues rather made one Mad King Your waiting, a crazy king; A man who is at the same time losing the feeling for reality. Her mission was less to convince him of reality. Rather, it was to empathize with its reality, to join his reality, to manipulate him in this reality. (…) Now Merz and the companions could be thieving to have outsmart the crazy king again. The tragedy is that with each of these appearances, the power of America continues to disappear. “

“Sydney Morning Herald” (Australia): “The Ukrainian President has returned to the crime scene-after that disastrous meeting in February-and although his relationship with his US colleague has improved significantly since then, there was no guarantee that he would escape another home. This time he was prepared. He started flattering Trump – he thanked him for his efforts to end the war, and his wife Melania for the letter that she had written on the emergency of the children affected by the conflict (the Russian President Vladimir). Selenskyj also handed over a letter from his own wife, addressed to First Lady. (…) What he did not do this time: he did not go into provocations. During the scandal in February, Selenskyj had taken a combative attitude. (…) This time he bit himself on his tongue. (…) There is undoubtedly a certain tension between the two. But her second encounter was ease – and Selenskyj played in the cards. “

“Rheinische Post” (Germany): “All the diplomatic efforts rely on the fact that Putin has an understanding and promises something to sign a peace agreement. So far, however, everything indicates that he is not concerned with security, but about postponing the borders of his country and enlarging Russia, the largest country on earth. Is the pressure from the USA and Europe big enough? (…) And yet hope is without alternative. (…) After the meeting of Washington, to hope that the security guarantees will be defined quickly. That there will soon be a Putin and Selenskyj two summit, perhaps in Hungary or Turkey. That the way for an agreement is actually paved there. So that there is finally peace. “