{"id":2849,"date":"2025-02-17T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:52:43","slug":"munich-conference-a-nightmare-organizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/munich-conference-a-nightmare-organizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Munich conference \u2018a nightmare\u2019 \u2013 organizer"},"content":{"rendered":"

US allies in Europe now have clearer insight into President Donald Trump\u2019s intentions, Christoph Heusgen has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), has described the results of last week\u2019s gathering as a \u201cnightmare\u201d<\/em> for Washington\u2019s European allies. He claimed that the US under President Donald Trump \u201clives on another planet,\u201d<\/em> referencing comments<\/a> made by American Vice President J.D. Vance at the Germany-hosted event.<\/p>\n

Vance criticized EU nations for increasingly mirroring the USSR in their suppression of dissent and the detachment of elites from voters. He cautioned that if the trend continues, the US could withdraw its support for its European allies.<\/p>\n

During an interview with ZDF on Sunday \u2014 his final day as MSC chairman \u2014 Heusgen noted that, at the very least, Europeans now have clarity about the Trump administration\u2019s stance. He added that while some Republican senators expressed commitment to \u201ctrans-Atlantic unity\u201d<\/em> in contrast to Vance, they were also cautious in their public statements.<\/p>\n

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EU nation rejects Zelensky\u2019s call for bloc-wide army<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

EU officials reaffirmed their pledges to support Kiev at the MSC, while Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky called for a united European army, asserting that Ukraine could play a significant role in such an initiative. Heusgen advised Europeans to \u201cdo what Zelensky says\u201d<\/em> and stand together. However, skepticism remains among certain EU member states, such as Poland, regarding the concept of a transnational military force to serve as a European counterpart to NATO.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has signaled no intention of involving either NATO or the US in any future security arrangements in Ukraine following a potential ceasefire with Russia. Additionally, Washington has expressed interest in recouping<\/a> expenditures related to the Ukraine conflict through privileged access to mineral resources under Kiev\u2019s control.<\/p>\n

Zelensky has previously advocated various forms of security for Ukraine that even his staunchest supporters deem exceedingly ambitious \u2014 from full NATO membership to deploying a 200,000-strong foreign military contingent<\/a>, the mass placement of Western missiles, and even a Ukrainian nuclear<\/a> capability.<\/p>\n

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As he concluded his closing remarks at the MSC on Sunday, Heusgen became emotional, having to cut himself short. He was addressing the mounting pressures on the \u201crules-based order,\u201d<\/em> urging EU politicians to uphold it despite a visible rift with the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US allies in Europe now have clearer insight into President Donald Trump\u2019s intentions, Christoph Heusgen has said Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), has described the results of last week\u2019s gathering as a \u201cnightmare\u201d for Washington\u2019s European allies. He claimed that the US under President Donald Trump \u201clives on another planet,\u201d referencing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2852,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions\/2852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}