Bloomberg prinaša malce bolj realističen pogled na zadnje dogajanje glede Ukrajine in včerajšnji dejanski “dosežek” v pogovoru med Trumpom in Putinom. In sklep je približno takšen, kot pravi naslov. Tisti bolj rahločutni bi sicer najbrž uporabili izraz, da je Trump “Ukrajino podal kot vroč kostanj evropskim sosedam in odkorakal domov“. Toda resnica je bližje naslovu. ZDA so Ukrajino nakurile, uporabile in zlorabile, nato pa jo odvrgle kot … smeti. Ukrajina danes nima za nikogar več, razen za Rusijo, strateške vrednosti. In Rusija ima čas, voljo in sredstva, da si vzame, kar je vrednega zanjo. In evropske sosede ji tega z ničemer ne morejo preprečiti, niti nimajo dovolj sredstev in volje za kaj takega. Brez Amerike je EU zgolj fasada okrog ničesar.
The impression formed after the much-anticipated conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, their third in three months, was that the US president is walking away from Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The manner in which Trump extricated himself was telling. He started off in a Truth Social message by saying how well the phone call had gone. As he went on, it became clearer that he may be leaving Ukraine to it.
The Europeans had thought they might influence the outcome if they got to Trump first. They reminded him of his threat to hit Russia with secondary sanctions.
But Trump didn’t follow through and without the US joining them, the measures have much less bite. Putin knows it.
What was apparent is that Trump values the prospect of doing business with Putin’s Russia and is tired of the messy process of trying to broker peace. He conveyed the same message last week on his tour of the Gulf region — that he could turn a blind eye to geopolitical issues for the sake of a deal.
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