Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed in her memoirs details of why Trump treated Putin so well.
The former chancellor is writing a memoir in which she shares her opinion on the reasons that led Europe into a large-scale military conflict.
This is discussed in one of the fragments of the book published in the newspaper Die Zeit.
In her memoirs, yet to be published, Merkel mentions that Donald Trump was fascinated by Vladimir Putin during his first presidency.
The former chancellor recalled her visit to the United States in 2017. According to her, in a private conversation, without outsiders, the then American president asked her several questions, including those related to her origin in East Germany and her attitude towards Putin. As it turned out, Trump was very interested in the Russian leader.
“I realized that politicians with authoritarian and dictatorial tendencies made a strong impression on him,” Merkel writes.
In her memoirs, the former foreign minister also spoke of how she prevented Ukraine from quickly joining NATO in 2008, fearing a possible military response from Putin. He stressed that any new incorporation into NATO should benefit not only the host country, but the entire Alliance. However, according to Merkel, Ukraine’s accession to NATO could aggravate the situation due to the presence of a Russian military base in Crimea. He also noted that in 2008 the majority of Ukrainians did not support the idea of joining NATO.
Recall that Kursor wrote that two days after the Dnieper attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin again commented on the Russian Oreshnik ballistic missile, addressing the leaders of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the Russian military-industrial complex. He stressed that this missile is supposedly the latest Russian development and that there is sufficient supply of such missiles.
“Kursor” also writes that the video message of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnieper provoked reactions not only in Russia and Ukraine, but also in other countries. After all, it is important to understand what exactly the Russian leader wanted to convey to the world. BILD also analyzed this resource.
