Press to Trump and Selenskyj: “American departure from Europe”

“Kyiv Independent”: “Leave the sack. The president of a war-torn Ukraine, an ally of the United States, has become the first state leader of the history that was thrown out of the White House. No dictator, no dictator-the president of Ukraine, a country that suffers from the worst invasion of the 21st century. The country that the US government has sworn.

In an ugly exchange of blows, the President and his Vice President together gave Selenskyj a complaint to be “not grateful” enough for the help of Ukraine. (…) But it seems that gratitude towards the American people is not what Trump and Vance were. They wanted him to whitewash and fell on his knees in front of Trump. The ring kisses. Selenskyj would certainly have done better to tear down and control his reactions, but fairly, you have to say that he was brought into a situation in which he could not win.

“El País”: “The exchange of blows by Wolodymyr Selenskyj with Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office of the White House, live and in front of journalists, is the impressive symbol of the end of an era. It is the brutal confirmation of the abrupt change of course of the USA, both in terms of content and in form, compared to the past 80 years.

The meaning is clear. We not only experience an American departure from Europe, a gap in the interests and values. The Europeans are faced with the willingness of the United States to harm us in agreement with other imperialist powers. (…) It is an arbitrary imperialist power that calls for submission, homage and acceptance of exploitative practices. One that is right with Russia, Belarus and North Korea in the UN. That is what is behind the exchange in the Oval Office.

(…) We Europeans are on the menu of the imperialist powers. If there were still doubts about the urgency, a clear message has arrived from the Oval Office. We have to rethink our place in the world with courage. “

“The Telegraph”: “The western alliance seems to be on the brink. What should have been a reconciliation between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj ended in a violent change of words in the Oval Office, in which the Americans insulted Selenskyj before the world. may have worried about the security of the continent.

Such a display of aggression by the White House opposite a western head of state, let alone opposite an ally who is in an existential military struggle, is unprecedented. Trump and Vance were undoubtedly wrong – factual, geopolitical and moral. The way they performed their arguments has made the breaks in the western coalition clear and Vladimir Putin gave a propaganda victory. “

“De Telegraaf”: “The Ukrainian President was unusually confrontative and explained to the Americans that they would give Moscow too much trust and President Vladimir Putin had often broken his promises. The criticism was difficult. Trump even threatened to withdraw from the peace dialogue. (…)

With his attitude and allegations, Wolodymyr Selenskyj apparently breaks more than the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron tried to build up at the beginning of the week. It is unclear what consequences of this getter will have for the security guarantees that Ukraine hopes to receive. “

“Neue Zürcher Zeitung”: “Trump’s Tiraden now showed the Europeans clearly again where the American president and his government really stand. Trump obviously has more sympathy for the Russian dictator and his history cleaven than for independent Ukraine.

In contrast to his first term, he is no longer alone in the White House with this worldview. Vice President Vance mentioned earlier that he doesn’t care about the fate of Ukraine. If Europeans really want stable peace in Ukraine, they will probably have to take the leadership role themselves without being able to hope for American reinsurance. “

“De standaard”: “The public dispute between two presidents, one of whom defends himself in a war against Russia, signals the end of the West. Ukraine and Europe must now record it with Russia without military support. From now on it is more appropriate to speak of” Donald Trump’s regime “than about Trump’s presidency. On Friday evening, the world experienced the first big clash between the real world and fictitious, lying, Picked up, which Trump will gain from it.

Now everything depends on Europe. This is a moment of truth, a character test like not in 70 years. Leaving Ukraine Putin and Trump would mean that Europe withdraws into the role of a vassal. So there is no choice.