Europe is geopolitically ramp until Trump gets through his will

US president Donald Trump With its administration, a new security policy era is midwive to Europe. Trump’s line forces Europe to take more independent responsibility for its defense and re-evaluate the sustainability of its US dependence.

The past week has been geopolitically humiliating to Europe. The United States has begun to work on a ceasefire in the Ukrainian war directly with Russia. The views of Kiev and Brussels have remained secondary – although the US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio assuredthat Ukraine and Europe would be part of any “real negotiations”.

Without consulting his Western unions in advance Trump called the Russian President For Vladimir Putin and began to recover diplomatic relationships between Washington and Kremlin. The delegations of the countries have begun discussions in the Saudi Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. In discussions have been pedaled In addition to the Trump-Putin meeting, it is based on future cooperation in terms of economic and investment as well as “shared geopolitical interests”. On the other hand Jd vance mentioned that the United States is the economic and military “lever arm” in casethat Russia does not negotiate with Ukraine to guarantee Ukraine’s long -term independence.

Trump anyway also played the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyille. Still, the outputs for Ukraine suggest that Trump does not make it tight to plant Kiev on the negotiating table in the position of the underdog. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth stated that Ukraine’s NATO membership is not a realistic ideaAnd the United States will no longer consider Ukraine and European security as a priority.

Trump is looking for a deal in Ukraine

On top of all, Trump just criticized Ukraine for not “making a contract” to avoid Russia’s attack on its soil. At the same time, he pressured Ukraine to organize national elections and gave the assumptionthat it would be desirable before peace talks. In this way, Trump came to repeated one Kremlin’s main requirement, even though he claimed that Russia was not behind his view. Trump said Zelensky’s support was a negligible 4 percent, as the official survey survey by At the end of 2024, the figure was 52 per cent. Also calling Trump Zelensky as a “dictator”.

In addition, the Trump administration has begun to extend from Ukraine to the ex -traction of the weapons, which the United States has provided during the war. According to the proposal, the United States would own 50 % of the rare earth metals in Ukraine. News channel NBC data by The proposal is linked to the US readiness to send troops to safeguard these minerals if the peace agreement arises.

In practice, Ukraine would pay for an unofficial peacekeeping operation. There has been no talk about the actual security guarantees. In contrast, the US Minister of Defense Heggeeth recently linkedthat US troops will not be sent to Ukraine “as part of a security guarantee”. Kiev has not accepted the offer in its current form. Financial Times by Ukraine is preparing a counter offer, where other parties, including European countries, will participate in mining.

Patches in Paris

French president Emmanuel Macron convened two emergency meetings. On Monday in Paris, Macron met by the German Chancellor Olaf Scholzprime ministers from Britain, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and as an EU representative Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa. Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen represented the Nordic countries and the Baltic countries at the meeting.

The meeting was timely, but mainly seemed to be a reaction because of the reaction. Stubborn initiatives were exhausted.

The most concrete anti came under the meeting of the British Prime Minister Keith Starmeriltathat offered to send British troops for peacekeeping tasks in Ukraine if it is necessary after a possible peace agreement. Scholz in Germany by Again, the conversation of peacekeepers before the peace plan is “very inappropriate”, but Berlin has also been communicated that sending troops is possible when the framework allows. Poland is loud about sending troops, but instead compass Trump’s requirements for a quick increase in European defense budgets. In France, troops would be coming, which is coincided with the general line of Macron: Europe should have more independent military readiness.

No one took the strategic leader. The table lacked the United States, which often show Europeans the geopolitical guidelines and thus guide the cooperation. This time, Washington has left Europe as a bystander. Even the fact that there were no countries like Hungary and Slovakia at the table, which often rub against Russia issues, such as Hungary and Slovakia, were not even at the table.

On Wednesday, at least Finland, Sweden, Norway, the Baltic States, Canada, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Belgium, Czech, Iceland, Portugal, Ireland, Slovenia, Croatia and Cyprus met. No scratches came as expected. President of the Republic attending the meeting Alexander Stubbin by A common European line would be out of shape. Defense must be confirmed and the United States must be convinced that Ukraine cannot lose war.

Shock treatment for allies

Trump’s operations should not come as a big surprise. He has been open to his interests to bring the Ukrainian war urgently, increase US initiative in geopolitics, and put pressure on Europe on less military dependence from the United States, despite joint NATO commitments.

The last few days serve as a bitter reminder of what Europe’s part is without a credible military ability and the geopolitical weight of it. When resources for your own defense are tight, they are not enough for Ukraine, even though the country is defense war in accordance with the entire European security interests.

Even if the mind is not promoted, despite the threatening scenarios, Trump’s shock treatment is likely to put up the pace of European defense defense. There will be no other humiliating humiliation in the future. When the military base is repaired, meetings such as Macron meetings have more than just symbolic value.