Discordant Trump team statements on Ukraine leave allies anxious happymamay

The cracked wind glass forced US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a quick rotation like his plane, on his way to the Munich Security Conference, to return for an hour on the trip.

The best diplomat in America, senior officials and travel press returned to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, DC on Thursday evening.

But despite the intimidation of the air, the news was already elsewhere. In Europe, US Defense Secretary Beit Higseth, America’s allies, amazed through a speech that shows what many saw as a series of concessions that Ukraine will have to sign any peace deal with Russia in which President Trump mediates.

Higseth said that it is “unrealistic” to believe that Ukraine could enhance its sovereign territory that Russia is occupying, as its request was on NATO membership, adding that it is up to European markets and not American forces to maintain peace.

Critics, including some Republicans in Washington, threw the speech, saying that it gave both Ukraine to influence before any negotiations. They argued, as they said, to surrender to the United States to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“It is certain that it is an innovative approach to negotiation to make very big concessions even before it begins,” said former Swedish Prime Minister Karl Bilde, who participated in the presidency of the European Council for Foreign Relations.

The next day, Higseth hurt some of what he said. He explained that all options were in fact still on the table until Trump used a financial lever between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zellinski.

“What decides to allow or not allow it is within the scope of the free world leader, President Trump,” said Higseth. However, he added that he was “simply referring to realism” and rejected the idea made by any unjustified concessions to Moscow.

As for Rubio, the broken plane was late to reach Munich, where his officials were giving his own priorities for this flight.

They said that the United States will work for a “fair and lasting peace” in which European countries will lead the initiative to create a “solid security framework”.

European leaders are expected to meet in Paris on Monday to hold urgent talks aimed at ensuring their countries fully participating in any peace negotiations in Ukraine.

The position of the US Secretary of State did not include any trace of borders for Ukraine in the way the Minister of Defense carried out. After that, in the German city also, Vice President JD Vance said that the United States can use the “military leverage” military tools to force Russia to make a deal, and it appears to be contrary to Higseth, who said that American forces would not be deployed in Ukraine.

Later in the Oval Office, the repercussions of Higseth’s speech to President Trump – along with the Republican Senator who described it as a “rising error”, were developed, like something that Bondit Al -Moayad can write.

Was Trump aware of what Higseth was saying? “Generally, yes, in general I was,” the president said. “I will talk to a house, I will discover it,” he added.

She gave the three days and gave them some of the first major visions in Trump’s advanced position in one of the most important issues he faces – Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine and his pledge to end the war – as well as how to manage his drafting and mission of its foreign policy.

On this article, Higseth’s letter – along with Trump’s lengthy statement about a warm phone call apparently sent with Putin aimed at starting negotiations with Ukraine – shock waves across European capitals, despite Higseth’s rowing attempts.

“Any quick solution is a dirty deal,” said Kaja Callas, President of the European Union Policy Policy, Kaja Calas.

Then there is a question that the foreign policy is connected to us during the Trump era. What happened in Munich seemed to be an attempt by his senior officials partially to explain and transfer Trump’s Trump sites, but this effort sometimes resulted in explosive data and is often contradictory – then some of them were reduced or partially reversed.

The extent of the spread of this output from the new administration has not yet been explained, but the non -coordinated that still clarifies its lines to take it internally, unlike a deliberate advantage than the presidency less interested in those responsible for thermal work with the speech, even if it is cultivating some confusion, as long as they remain loyal to his last word.

Trump’s first period witnessed a series of prominent bags or the resignations of senior officials who contradict or do not agree with it, including three national security advisers, two defense secretaries and the Minister of State.

This time, its dates were frequently distinguished by preparing to show loyalty. Beit Higseth, who had no previous experience in managing an army, government or agency, was a weekend in Fox News and the former National Guard pioneer, who is consistently consistent with Trump’s thinking and agenda.

His appointment was largely disputed and ignored through the confirmation process with three Republican Senate members who voted against him, and saw the result equal to 50-50 with JD Vance that introduced a tie vote.

As Trump himself said this week, it was “fine” with the idea of ​​transferring Ukraine to NATO from the negotiating table, describing it “impractical.”

The comments of Higseth were not out of the president’s position – but rather an amplification of an audience that was keen to form a negotiating position in Ukraine.

The challenge facing the affected is that the precise position of the American foreign policy must be divided. One of its features is uncertainty. This may be deliberate – Donald Trump using the “MADMAN” theory of external relations – often attributed to former Republican President Richard Nixon.

This indicates that being strong but unpredictable is a way to make the allies remain close while coercing opponents. It also explains the feeling of his officials who go to the rogue, but within the standards of Trump’s widely known sites.

But as the name of this theory suggests, it also carries significant risks of errors or miscalculation in a violent world and is already certain.

Trump’s recent proposals for Gaza – emptying its Palestinian population to build a “Riviera in the Middle East” under the ownership of the United States – have similarly permeated confusion and contradiction.

While his officials seemed to be trying to correct some of what he identified – as “temporary transportation” for example has doubled – Trump later doubled, saying it was “permanent” without the right to return.

As for Rubio – who wants the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the most powerful government agency when it comes to forming Trump’s decisions – the comments of his colleagues in Munich had already overwhelmed her.

His smaller and alternative plane finally landed in Europe – the windshield is sound but without gathering the press on the plane, while most of the main headlines were traveling elsewhere.