This year's Munich Security Conference revealed the gap in core values that separate the Trump administration from most Europeans and has sparked U.S. efforts to control the Ukraine peace process and exclude European government from the United States.
Here are some of the major European and American newspapers saying about this.
Through its Vice President JD Vance, the United States "declared an ideological war against Europe", he wrote the title of France Sylvie Kauffmann. If Vladimir Putin launched the United States in his famous 2007 speech at the conference, then in 2025, the United States will open Europe.
In a "strong irony of European democracies", Vance said that the biggest threat to the continent is not Russia or China, but Europe itself retreats from its "most fundamental values."
Worse, his relative silence over the Russian full-strength invasion of Ukraine, "the topic Europe wants to hear most" "prolongs the incomprehension and confusion about Trump's initiative to end the war."
“Now, thick fog surrounds Washington’s intentions; she said: “In Vance’s public statement and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and various subsequent interviews, the negative attitude, contradictory position has been already Multiply. ”
The paper says the U.S. government's approach is nothing more than "the transatlantic relations that may be previewed under Mr. Trump based on the stable and stable bonds between allied governments."
It also reminds readers of Putin's 2007 speech, where the Russian president "demands that the new balance of power in U.S. influence and Europe are more suitable for Moscow," adding that he "has not got what he wanted - then".
Now, senior Trump officials “made one thing clear: Putin found a U.S. government that could help him realize his dream.” These comments have raised concerns that now may be “aligned with Russia or either attack Europe or abandon it altogether”.
The document says that such a shift would equal "an unthinkable victory that was more important than any Ukraine's goal than (Putin)".
Commentator Daniel Brössler said in Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung that Vance did not come to the German city to make a "friendly wake-up call" but a "arsonist". The mission of the U.S. Vice President is "a victory for right-wing populism - supported by American billionaire Elon Musk."
His silence on security policy is because “the work has begun to reach an agreement with Putin, but so is Europe… It’s clear: Trump will reach an agreement and Europeans must pay militarily and ensure peace.”
Bruceler said Europe is under attack by Putin, who has been closer to his goal of revising the European order in recent days. Trump no longer even recognizes common interests, and certainly not common values. ”
On the one hand, the United States “demands that Europe eventually becomes capable of defending itself against Russia. On the other hand, it is the escorts and appeasers who support Putin.
He said the mainland "will have to improve itself." Editorialist Detlef Essinger said Vance deployed the "skill that populists and authoritarians have used for years...the principle is: accuse others of being just yourselves Everything you do.”
This "confuses them. It gets you into an offense, the opponents defend. It gives your clause sovereignty. There is a better argument, but someone who has the clause, and debate is not a debate."
"The U.S. government is ready to win the brutal war with Ukraine. This is the only conclusion we can draw." Trump and his team's words and actions "beyond the app's rage."
However, it added that while the United States may be "Ukraine's largest and richest ally", it is far from the only one: "It means everyone's eyes are staring at you, Europe. The real decision about whether Russia wins the war or not Now not sitting with Trump now - with Europe."
If the leaders of Europe are “real leaders of their country rather than political opportunists, they need to recognize the urgency of the situation and act immediately. After all, if the United States is out and the Ukrainian Falls, Europe will be one-on-one. To Russia.”
Russia said: "Russia did not fight Ukraine, but to war with the West. And if a large part of the western desert, the rest needed to make sure that there would be a presence to fight." It said no one hoped that the war would end better than the Ukrainians.
"But we know that any compromise with Russia is not the end of the war. It is impossible to compromise in this war. Russia wins - the West loses. The West wins - Russia loses. Europe is now the time."