Is Donald Trump the most powerful leader in Europe? This is the opinion of the US president who, this Monday, August 25, boasts of being “called President of Europe” for his counterparts of the former continent.
“They respect their president to the point while joking the president of Europe. They call me president of Europe, which is an honor,” said the White House tenant to journalists.
To illustrate his point, Donald Trump cited two examples. The first is its meeting with European leaders in Washington DC, where he received several leaders from Old Continent, such as Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer or Friedrich Merz. The war in Ukraine was obviously in the exchanges menu.
The NATO Summit in June, proof of Donald Trump’s role in Europe
The American leader stood out when interrupting the meeting with European leaders to talk to Vladimir Putin. Objective: Organize a meeting between Russian President and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. A summit that, since then, seems compromised since the positions of kyiv and Moscow seem opposite. It is like “mixing oil and vinegar,” according to Donald Trump, upset about the situation.
Another example about its influence in Europe advanced by Donald Trump on Monday, the NATO summit was organized last June in The Hague. During this meeting, the member countries of the Atlantic Alliance have pledged to invest 5% of their GDP in favor of defense and security in 2035.
This figure was a long -standing tension source between the United States and its allies. Since their first term in 2018, Donald Trump demanded that NATO members establish at least 4% of their GDP their investment in defense. A wish beaten several times in recent months. “If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them!” He even threatened last March.
Source: BFM TV
