Trump's unconscious statements for Ukraine leave allies alarmed

Cracked windshields forced US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a quick turn when his plane, on the way to the Munich Security Conference, had to return an hour in the flight.

The best diplomat in America, its senior officials and the traveling press returned to Andrews' air base near Washington on Thursday night.

But despite the frightening in the middle of the air, the news was already strong elsewhere. In Europe, US Secretary of Defense, Pete Heges, stunned by US allies with speech, defining what many see as a series of discounts that Ukraine will have to do to sign any peace deal with Russia, mediated by President Trump.

Heget said it was “unrealistic” to think that Ukraine could win its sovereign territory occupied by Russia, as well as his request for NATO membership, adding that it was from the European and not from US troops to keep peace S

Critics, including some Republicans in Washington, cast their speech, stating that it gave the entire lever to Ukraine before the negotiations. They were, they say, US capitulation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“This is certainly an innovative approach to negotiating very big discounts even before they start,” said former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bilt, who co -chairs the European Council on Foreign Relationships, Brain Trust.

The next day, Heget returned some of what he said. He explained that all the options were actually on the table so that Trump could use as a lever between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski.

“What he decides to resolve or does not resolve is within the competence of the free world leader, President Trump,” Heget said. However, he added that he “just pointed to realism” and rejected the idea that he had offered any unnecessary discounts in Moscow.

As for Rubio, the destroyed plane delayed his arrival in Munich, where his employees informed his own priorities for the trip.

The United States will work for “fair and lasting peace”, in which European countries will take on a leading role in creating a “lasting security framework”, they said.

The position of the Secretary of State did not contain a trace of determining restrictions on Ukraine in the way the Minister of Defense had coped. At the time, in the German city, Vice President JD Vance said the United States could use “military lever instruments” to force Russia to make a deal, seeming to contradict heget, who said there was no US troops would not be located in Ukraine.

Later in the oval office, the fall from the heget's speech was placed on President Trump – along with the comment of a Republican senator, who described it as a “rookie mistake”, as something that the Probutin could write.

Was Trump aware of what heget would say? “Generally speaking, yes, I was generally speaking,” the president said. “I'll talk to Pete, I'll find out,” he added.

The three days of -on -on -on -ons gave some of the first major views on Trump's developing position on one of the most following problems he faced -the full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine and his vow to end the war -a Also in how his administration is formulating and sending his foreign policy.

In essence, heget's speech – along with Trump's prolonged statement about a clearly warm telephone conversation with Putin aimed at starting negotiations with Ukraine – sent shock waves through European capitals, despite heget's attempts to go back.

“Any quick correction is a dirty deal,” said European Union Foreign Policy Chief Kaya Callas from the prospect of a deal led by the United States with Russia, which can leave Ukraine's voice on the sidelines.

Then the question arises about the way Trump's foreign policy is reported. What happened in Munich seemed partly an attempt by his senior officials to interpret and pass on Trump's positions, but these efforts led to sometimes explosive and often contradictory statements – some of which were then partially diluted or inverted.

It is not yet clear how the result of a new but poorly coordinated administration is still clarifying its lines to take internally, unlike the intentional trait of the Presidency, less concerned about employees free with rhetoric, even if they sow Some confusion as long as they remain loyal to his last word.

Trump's first term of office saw a series of dismissals or resignations of senior officials who contradict or disagree with him, including three national security advisers, two defense secretaries and Secretary of State.

This time, his appointments are more characterized by the desire to be loyal. Pete Heget, who had no previous experience in the management of a military or government or agency, was a presenter of Fox News Weekend and a former Major of the National Guard, who has greatly aligned with Trump's thinking and agenda.

His appointment was heavily contested and scraped through the confirmation process, with three Republican senators voting against it, as the result tied 50-50, with JD Vance voting the relationship.

As Trump said this week that it was “good” with the idea of ​​taking Ukraine to join NATO from the negotiating table, calling it “not practical”.

Heget's comments were hardly in line with the president's position – they were more reinforced by him in front of an audience, which sought to attach the position of negotiations of Ukraine, which did not weaken him.

The challenge for those affected is that the exact position of US foreign policy needs to be separation. One of its characteristics is uncertainty. This may be deliberate – Donald Trump, who uses the “crazy” theory of external relations – is often attributed to former Republican President Richard Nixon.

This suggests that being powerful, but unpredictable is a way to make the Allies remain close while forcing opponents. This would also explain the sense of his own employees, who will fall into a fraudulent, but within the parameters of Trump's widely known positions.

But as the name of this theory suggests, it also carries significant risks of mistakes or mistakes in an already violent and uncertain world.

Trump's latest gas proposals – emptying his Palestinian population to build the “Riviera of the Middle East” under the property of the United States – were similarly similar to confusion and contradiction.

While his employees seem to be trying to correct some of what he has exposed – as only a “temporary move”, for example, Trump later doubles, saying that he will actually be “constant” without the right to return.

As for Rubio – who wants the State Department to be the most influential government agency when it comes to making Trump's decision – the comments of his colleagues in Munich have already overshadowed his.

Its smaller replacement aircraft finally landed in Europe -the windscreen intact, but without the press on board, while most titles also walked elsewhere.