Trump's signature sparks debate on US‑Europe relations
On Russian state television, a member of the Russian Academic Security Council, Sergey Luzjanin, compared Donald Trump's signature to "a saw with which Trump is cutting through the Western world." Russian propagandist Yevgeny Popov stated that, in doing so, the U.S. President is "taking away their bread and butter."
The Munich Security Conference is scheduled to take place from February 14-16. Trump's special envoy for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is set to reveal the U.S. President's administration plan to end the three-year war in Ukraine at the conference.
Pete Hegseth, the new U.S. Secretary of Defense, also plans to visit Europe. He will meet with NATO allies and participate in the Ramstein meeting in Brussels on February 12.
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On Kremlin television, U.S. policy towards Ukraine was discussed. Correspondent Anastasia Popova mentioned that "now the Europeans will have to bear this conflict themselves." Americans who visited said that the objective is to shift the burden onto the Europeans' shoulders because they are Europe's neighbors, and Europe must address it, she stated.
For now, everyone is holding their breath in anticipation of Friday's meeting in Munich. They are waiting to see what Trump decides. In the meantime, they continue their usual logic, waiting for what the "decision-maker" will say and how to proceed, she added.
Participating in the program was also Sergey Luzjanin, who believes the most important issue is Hegseth's "3 times 'no'."
"No" to American arms supplies to Ukraine. "No" to Hegseth meeting with the Ukrainian delegation. "No" to a potential escalation of this war, said Luzjanin.
"Trump is cutting through the Western world"
According to a member of the Russian Academic Security Council, "the symbol of America's global politics is Trump's crazy, extraordinarily long signature." It looks like the radiogram of a sick heart, stretching a mile with many jagged angles, like a saw with which Trump is cutting through the Western world. One piece is Canadian, the other European. We'll see how effective his saw will be, he said.
Essentially, he's taking away our bread and butter. We wanted to cut the Western world into pieces, but he (Trump) decided to saw it himself, interrupted Russian propagandist Yevgeny Popov. It's an amazing thing, he summarized.
Source: Russian Media Monitor
