Russian newspapers gloat: “They’re sticking their heads in the toilet”
On Monday morning, Russian newspapers could not hide their gloat after the weekend’s row in the White House. This is reported by the BBC’s Russia correspondent Steve Rosenberg in a recent feature.
The row dominates all major newspapers.
“For years, important men with fat wallets convinced Zelensky that the sun revolved around him. And now? They’re sticking their heads in the toilet,” writes Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Komsomolets soaps up the lack of defense capabilities of European countries, which, according to the newspaper, are not enough to protect themselves or Ukraine.
The regime’s own newspaper, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, publishes a cartoon of Donald Trump kicking Volodymyr Zelensky out of the White House. The newspaper writes that he then traveled to London to seek solace from “the old world,” a nickname for Europe.
Two overarching messages from the newspapers are that Europe is “anti-Trump” and that the US should therefore negotiate directly with Russia, and that the US will likely ignore Europe’s upcoming peace plan, according to the BBC.
Analysis: Europe has a long way to go
Much remains for Europe before it can act as a credible guarantor in Ukraine on its own, writes Patrick Wintour in The Guardian.
“The continent’s role in a ceasefire will be limited unless countries do more for Kyiv and the relationship between Zelenskyj and Trump is repaired.”
In London, Keir Starmer refrained from making statements about which countries might send troops because many are still discussing the issue at home. The discussion about a European peacekeeping force has thus not progressed beyond the Paris meeting two weeks ago, writes Wintour.
While European leaders are rallying behind Zelenskyj, opposition to him among Republicans in the US is growing after the row in the White House, writes Stephen Collinson for CNN.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senator Lindsey Graham have all suggested he should resign.
“The best outcome of Europe’s latest initiative is that it proves to the United States that it is serious about heeding Trump’s call to police a deal, and that the promises to increase the defense budget are preserving NATO despite the president’s skepticism,” writes Collinson.
Former adviser: Trump fooled by the world’s best liar
Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing on Donald Trump’s feeling that he has been treated unfairly, according to Trump’s former national security adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster, reports CBS News.
McMaster believes Putin’s message is something like: Both you and I have been treated so unfairly.
– And he has been very successful at it because he is a master manipulator and one of the world’s best liars.
McMaster, who was fired in 2018 and replaced by John Bolton, believes that Trump has fallen into a trap and been deceived. He believes that Putin is rejoicing as the US shifts all pressure from Russia to Ukraine.
On Monday morning, Russian newspapers could not hide their gloat after the weekend’s row in the White House. This is reported by the BBC’s Russia correspondent Steve Rosenberg in a recent feature.
The row dominates all major newspapers.
“For years, important men with fat wallets convinced Zelensky that the sun revolved around him. And now? They’re sticking their heads in the toilet,” writes Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Komsomolets soaps up the lack of defense capabilities of European countries, which, according to the newspaper, are not enough to protect themselves or Ukraine.
The regime’s own newspaper, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, publishes a cartoon of Donald Trump kicking Volodymyr Zelensky out of the White House. The newspaper writes that he then traveled to London to seek solace from “the old world,” a nickname for Europe.
Two overarching messages from the newspapers are that Europe is “anti-Trump” and that the US should therefore negotiate directly with Russia, and that the US will likely ignore Europe’s upcoming peace plan, according to the BBC.
Analysis: Europe has a long way to go
Much remains for Europe before it can act as a credible guarantor in Ukraine on its own, writes Patrick Wintour in The Guardian.
“The continent’s role in a ceasefire will be limited unless countries do more for Kyiv and the relationship between Zelenskyj and Trump is repaired.”
In London, Keir Starmer refrained from making statements about which countries might send troops because many are still discussing the issue at home. The discussion about a European peacekeeping force has thus not progressed beyond the Paris meeting two weeks ago, writes Wintour.
While European leaders are rallying behind Zelenskyj, opposition to him among Republicans in the US is growing after the row in the White House, writes Stephen Collinson for CNN.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senator Lindsey Graham have all suggested he should resign.
“The best outcome of Europe’s latest initiative is that it proves to the United States that it is serious about heeding Trump’s call to police a deal, and that the promises to increase the defense budget are preserving NATO despite the president’s skepticism,” writes Collinson.
Former adviser: Trump fooled by the world’s best liar
Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing on Donald Trump’s feeling that he has been treated unfairly, according to Trump’s former national security adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster, reports CBS News.
McMaster believes Putin’s message is something like: Both you and I have been treated so unfairly.
– And he has been very successful at it because he is a master manipulator and one of the world’s best liars.
McMaster, who was fired in 2018 and replaced by John Bolton, believes that Trump has fallen into a trap and been deceived. He believes that Putin is rejoicing as the US shifts all pressure from Russia to Ukraine.
Merz: The White House brawl was clearly orchestrated
Friedrich Merz, who is predicted to be Germany's next chancellor, says that the brawl between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky was "clearly orchestrated", Deutsche Welle reports.
- It was not a spontaneous reaction to what Zelensky said, but clearly an orchestrated escalation during the meeting in the Oval Office, he said at a press conference.
Several experts believe that Donald Trump planned the brawl and have described the meeting as a trap. White House national security adviser Mike Waltz dismissed it as a "total lie" on Sunday.
Friedrich Merz says that the broken relationship between the American and Ukrainian presidents means that Europe is under pressure to act quickly and independently.
Friedrich Merz, who is predicted to be Germany's next chancellor, says that the brawl between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky was "clearly orchestrated", Deutsche Welle reports.
- It was not a spontaneous reaction to what Zelensky said, but clearly an orchestrated escalation during the meeting in the Oval Office, he said at a press conference.
Several experts believe that Donald Trump planned the brawl and have described the meeting as a trap. White House national security adviser Mike Waltz dismissed it as a "total lie" on Sunday.
Friedrich Merz says that the broken relationship between the American and Ukrainian presidents means that Europe is under pressure to act quickly and independently.
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