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Security expert on Trump and Putin: “Complementary meetings of contractual broken”
At the start of the Munich security conference, expert Christian Mölling warns of one “Phase of great uncertainty” for Europe. Neither Russia nor the United States is nor to be trusted.
At the beginning of the Munich security conference, security expert Christian Mölling has attested a split personality to President of the United States, Donald Trump. “What he says depends on which foot he gets up in the morning. And when he gets up with the other foot the next day, he says something completely different”explains Mölling, head of the program “Future in Europe” the Bertelsmann Foundation, in the new episode of the star– s “The location – international”. For the Europeans, but also for Trump’s own team, the unsteady temperament of the president of the president is huge imponderables. So far, inconsistency has been the only thing you can rely on with the new US government. Mölling: “Make meaningful politics out of it.”
The statements of Trump and his Minister of Defense Pete Hegseth for a possible peace peace in Ukraine over the heads of the Europeans and to restrictions on the military assistance within NATO are “severe impacts” For Europe, according to the expert. However, both were then thrown back. “Europeans cannot be sure what happens. But the Russians can’t do that either”Mölling states.
Münchner Security Conference: Do Europeans find unity?
The main consequence of current US politics with a view to Ukraine is from Mölling’s point of view, “that we lose time for a constructive solution”. Even if rumors say that in the course of the Munich security conference, there could be a high -ranking meeting of unit from the USA and Russia. “Basically, two contracting breakers meet each other”so Mölling. “The question now is: Can they build trust in each other at all?”
It is also decisive whether the European countries manage to represent a common line in view of this situation in Munich. “Macron and Scholz are both here. The question is: manage to jump over your shadow and make a hard announcement”says Mölling. In any case, the announcement of several European countries on extensive new arms deliveries to Kiev is a real step. “If Europeans are now strengthening Ukraine, the Americans can no longer offer the Russians as much in negotiations.”
Source: Stern
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