Møtet i London i går: Det kom ikke noe spesielt utav det. Alle skjonte på forhånd at Europa må satse mer på hjelp til Ukraina, men når forslaget om begrenset våpenhvile kom fra Starmer og Macron, så tenkte jeg: Spill for galleriet. Putin vil aldri gå med på det. Støre sier fremdeles at vi må ha med USA. Intet tyder på at det vil komme til å skje. Det blir jo "Loss of Face" for "Trutin". . (Red.)
As Trump warms to Putin,
US halts offensive cyber operations against Moscow
By
Ellen Nakashima
and Joseph Menn
The Washington Post • March 2,
2025
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of
State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, looks at Housing and
Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner during the first Cabinet meeting of
his second term on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S.
Cyber Command to halt offensive cyber and information operations against Russia
as President Donald Trump seeks to end President Vladimir Putin’s war in
Ukraine on terms that are widely seen as favoring Moscow, according to one
current and one former U.S. official familiar with the order.
The pause is meant to last only as long as
negotiations continue, said the current and former official, who like
several others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s
sensitivity.
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Who do you think should apologize? (Ed,)
Zelenskyy’s Path Back to White House Would Confront Big Hurdles
The Wall Street Journal (Gift Link)
Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took half steps over the weekend to
repair the damage done in an Oval Office blowout, expressing gratitude
to the U.S., and President Trump personally, for military aid over the
years. But Zelenskyy offered no apology, a sign of the difficult road
ahead for him in Washington.
The Economist today
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Hello from London,
Do you also hear that rumble from the east? It’s the sound of
Vladimir Putin rubbing his hands with glee as America does his bidding
in Europe. Even Mr Putin could not have scripted the eruption, on
Friday, of a
disastrous shouting match
in the White House between Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and
Volodymyr Zelensky. Mr Zelensky behaved foolishly. He might have been
tired or frustrated, but should not have let himself be goaded by
America’s vice-president. Mr Vance behaved shamefully. He set out to
provoke and belittle the Ukrainian leader. Mr Trump then piled in,
delighted to see his vice-president again behaving as an attack dog. The
sad result is that Ukraine looks more isolated from America than before.
Now European leaders, again, must scramble to see what pieces
they can pick up. Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer had both pulled
off what seemed like successful visits to Mr Trump—but note how America
still sided with Russia and other autocracies when voting on resolutions
at the UN on Ukraine. Today, European leaders gathered for a second
emergency summit, this time in London, to see how their countries can do
more to support Ukraine against Russia and, in turn, defend themselves.
This summit is newly significant. Europe must act far more forcefully,
and quickly, than it has managed so far. That means taking decisions to
rapidly increase defence spending and production—and a great deal more.
Read our leader
setting out how Europe must now act in the face of a growing Russian
threat. And watch for our analysis of the summit’s outcome, which we
will publish shortly.
Where does this leave Mr Trump with his voters? His berating of
Ukraine’s leader, formerly a close ally of America, undoubtedly cheered
his Trumpian base. Leading Republican figures (though few warm to Mr
Vance) spoke out loudly against Mr Zelensky. More generally, the sight
of America turning against old allies with threats to seize their
territory and natural resources, or to impose high tariffs (another
deadline looms this week), or to abandon old security guarantees, has
not fazed voters. Polls show Mr Trump remains popular. He goes into his
annual address to Congress on Tuesday feeling he is riding high.
Yet there are concerning signs for him. We have just published
an article that observes how his arrival in the White House has both
coincided with, and is causing, some early weakness in the American
economy. Consumer and investor sentiment is dipping, especially because
people increasingly expect inflation to rise again. The housing market
is in a funk. Investors may be growing wary over the cost of tariffs.
Meanwhile Elon Musk’s effort to cut waste among federal civil servants
is causing chaos—it is not obvious that it will deliver notable savings.
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Dette skriver utenlandske aviser på lederplass The Wall Street Journal Donald Trump beskrives gjerne som transaksjonell. Han vil ha avtaler både hjemme og ute. Men måten hans andre periode utvikler seg på, kan tyde på at denne beskrivelsen undervurderer Trumps ambisjoner. Trump har planer for en ny verdensorden, men dersom han ønsker avtaler med Russland og Kina for å dele opp planeten, bør han fortelle det til amerikanerne. I Amerika har Trump samtidig krevd kontroll over Panamakanalen, som USA avsto ved traktat i 1999. Og han vil at Danmark skal selge Grønland til USA. Disse trekkene antyder et verdenssyn som lenge har vært målet for amerikanske isolasjonister: La Kina dominere Stillehavet, Russland dominere Europa, og USA dominere Amerika. Midtøsten ville antagelig forbli en region i konflikt – i det minste inntil Trump inngår en atomavtale med Iran. Alt dette vil bety en epokegjørende retur til en verden av stormaktsrivalisering og maktbalanser slik den var før andre verdenskrig. Det er ikke en modig ny verden, men en farlig gammel en. Trump har ikke formulert dette tydelig, men det har noen av de intellektuelle rundt ham. Elbridge Colby, nominert til sjefsstrateg i Pentagon, har argumentert for at USA må forlate Europa og Midtøsten for å fokusere på Asia-Stillehavet. Men Colby har også sagt at Sør-Korea kanskje må klare seg selv, og han skrev i et brev til oss i fjor at «Taiwan i seg selv ikke er av eksistensiell betydning for Amerika.» Financial Times Den viktigste oppgaven til Kongressen, USAs lovgivende forsamling, er å kontrollere den utøvende makten. Men Capitol Hill gjør foreløpig ingenting for å stoppe Donald Trumps maktgrep. Die Welt Altfor lenge har EU og EU-kommisjonen fokusert på feil ting og samtidig neglisjert det som virkelig betyr noe. Det vi trenger, er et slagkraftig forsvar, en fri markedsøkonomi, moderne infrastruktur og rettssikkerhet – ikke et lammende nettverk av stadig nye reguleringer og detaljerte forskrifter. Dagens Industri Europa har gått inn i en eksistensiell krise under Trumps første kaotiske måned som president. Da man trodde det ikke kunne bli verre, ble Volodymyr Zelenskyj ydmyket for åpent kamera av USAs president og visepresident i Det hvite hus. ----oooo00O00oooo----
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