- — If we are trying to force Europeans to do something that is truly hard — to increase defence spending — why pour slop on them for no reason? Especially erstwhile you win this dispute?
- As he said, from the point of view of the illogical safety interests of the administration, Vance was besides urged to open up to the utmost right and let it to rule
- — All administrations, having gained power, have this belief that run slogans are all they need. That they won, so they were right, so they are geniuses, and they approach it with that attitude, and then they learn that they gotta speech down," said the erstwhile ambassador
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Speech by the American Vice president at the Munich safety Conference, where he powerfully criticized the EU and European countries for suppressing freedom of expression, ignoring its own voters and democracy have provoked utmost reactions, from the applause on the right, to the outrage of many European politicians and diplomats, complaining of hypocrisy and an instructive speech of politics.
Vance’s speech besides outraged veteran of the American diplomacy of Daniel Fried — but mostly due to the fact that it was against what the fresh administration wanted to achieve.
— It's not even that I disagree with him. It was just stupid. Speaking as an American, if we are trying to force Europeans to do something that is truly hard — to increase defence spending — why pour slop on them for no reason? Especially erstwhile you win this dispute? “I could compose a better speech in the spirit of the MAGA than he did,” he added.
Error of fresh governments after winning elections
He besides felt that, for the illogical interests of the administration, Vance was urged to open up to the utmost right and let it to rule.
“What we ask the Germans to do is not compatible with what AfD wants to do,” Fried stressed, pointing to the attitude of the alternate for Germany to China or to the European defence.
However, he stated that the vice president made a mistake typical of the fresh administration just after winning the election.
— All administrations, having gained power, have this belief that run slogans are all they need. That they won, so they were right, so they are geniuses, and they approach it with that attitude, and then they learn that they gotta let go," he said. “I think Trump’s people are inactive learning, so it doesn’t should be as catastrophic as it may seem,” he added.
Conflicting Trump Administration Signals
According to the erstwhile ambassador to Poland, Vance's words were much better after gathering with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski about the U.S. wanting lasting peace that will not mean a re-war in a fewer years. However, as he pointed out, various government officials — with president Trump in the lead — send various and contradictory signals about the war in Ukraine.
— Of course, there are many things that are worrying about the approach to Russia and these negotiations. But Trump says quite a few things, and the real test will come. If we take the elements of what people from Trump have said so far, we can inactive build a decent way forward within this framework," Fried said. "I'm not saying it's gonna be okay, I'm saying it can be decent, it doesn't gotta end terribly," he added.
