Trump’s self-importance makes him simple prey for Putin | EUROtoday

American negotiators had been as soon as identified for his or her robust push for his or her nation’s pursuits. As representatives of a world energy, they’d the means to take action.

In the Trump period, which is nearer to point out enterprise than to traditional politics, that is additionally being reversed. It would by no means have been potential to think about {that a} US particular envoy would give the Russian authorities recommendation on how finest to affect its president and be supplied with templates for a peace plan by the Russians.

It’s not only a consequence of the truth that Steve Witkoff till not too long ago had no expertise within the diplomatic enterprise. The primary drawback is and stays Trump himself: He needs to be courted and is due to this fact simple prey for the manipulation abilities of a educated KGB man like Putin.

You can complain about this, as is common in Germany, however that does not assist Ukraine. It was proper that Merz and different European politicians have tried to affect the American place in latest days. At least the deadline of this Thursday, with which Trump wished to place stress on Ukraine, additionally appears to be off the desk.

But the truth that Europeans are nonetheless caught off guard by developments in yr 4 of this existential battle for the continent exhibits that Trump’s self-importance is just not the one weak point that Putin can capitalize on.