Il summit in Alaska between the United States and Russia confirmed the most pessimistic expectations on theTrump's surrender against Putin's arrogance. The Russian dictator did not concede anything. Indeed, he formalized his well-known requests to reach a "final peace" which also include notable portions of the Ukrainian territory not yet conquered by Muscovite troops, few or no concessions on security of what would remain of Ukraine, and then perhaps even a change of presence in Kiev. And what's worse is that Trump, instead of laughing in Putin's face, seems to agree with the appropriateness of Russia's requests because they would serve to guarantee the security of the state led by Putin. Laughable things. It would be enough to take a look at a map to understand that the Ukrainian threat on Russia's borders does not existThe Baltic countries, in fact, which are already members of NATO, are a stone's throw from St. Petersburg and the heart of European Russia. Not to mention Finland, which Putin's reckless policies have pushed into joining NATO.
Trump accepts Putin's "peace": Ukraine sacrificed
Beyond the propaganda, the red carpets, and the handshakes, what is certain are some issues from which to start for a rpolitical reasoningFirst of all, the peace that Trump has been calling for is nothing more than thefull acceptance of Russian requests, in exchange for what guarantees is unknown. Secondly, it appears clear that Trump, as he has said several times, he abandoned Ukraine to its fate, accepting Russia's territorial expansion achieved through military aggression. A true revolution not only in international law but in the very politics of deterrence. Trump has, in essence, also abandoned Europe, which is only being involved in a pretence. On the one hand, Putin invites Europeans to do not hinder agreements between the US and Russia, and on the other hand Trump warmly invites the President Zelensky to make peace, in short, to accept without too much fuss the soup prepared in Alaska.
Europe excluded and divided: the Western front is crumbling
In short, in one fell swoop Putin achieves split of Western front which until now, albeit with some difficulty, had remained united in the face of Ukraine's aggression. Its people, it should be remembered, courageously defended themselves by blocking the mighty Russian army for three years. Leaving them at the mercy of the enemy will represent for the USA not only a defeat, but something even more serious, the loss of honor and trust of the rest of the world towards a country that for better or worse had always moved in defense of freedom.
Faced with this grave affront what can Europeans do that for the moment they released cautious statements, but trying to point out to Trump that Putin's word cannot be trusted. Over the past thirty years, the German Chancellor said, Putin has never kept his word.
Brussels and the European governments are faced with the dramatic choice of strengthen their Union both political and military if we want to repel the Kremlin's attempts to extend its sphere of influence to various European countries, some of which are already ready to pass bag and baggage from the orbit of the EU and that of Moscow.
The Munich Risk: History's Forgotten Lesson
Finally, one might also ask whether the American policy of appeasement towards the Russian dictator, which is not aimed at doing business (as Trump believes) but rather at restoring the empire of the Tsars and Stalin, is really convenient for the US.
La history teaches that snuggling the wolf's fur doesn't guarantee you won't be eaten. In 1938, in Munich, Hitler promised not to occupy all of Czechoslovakia. Eight months later, his troops entered Prague. And then a great world war broke out, in which the United States, absent from Munich because it didn't want to meddle in European squabbles, paid a very high price in terms of human lives.
History never repeats itself the same wayBut certainly this summit in Alaska, with Putin triumphant, brings to mind ghosts of the past.
