What will the world be like after Donald Trump comes to power in the USA? TVN “Fakti” reporters talked about this. Marcin Vrona noticed that “there are people who immediately consume all the oxygen as soon as they enter a room.” – This is what Donald Trump is doing – said the guest of “Fact after Fact”. He noted that although the Republican has not yet been sworn in, he is already in power. Maciej Voroch said Trump wants to end the conflict in the Middle East, but “he likes to do a lot with words.” Andrzej Zaucha said that the new leader can easily put pressure on Zelenskiy in the context of the war in Ukraine.
The New Year edition of “Facti po Factach” was presented by the TVN “Facti” journalists Andrzej Zaucha, Marcin Vrona and Maciej Vorocz. As a reporter, they have reported and continue to report on events from, among others: the US, the UK, the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine. Now they discussed how the assumption of Donald Trump's leadership in the United States will affect international politics and ongoing conflicts.
Crow: “Honey, I made the president small” – Trump can make a movie like this
Marcin Wrona described what is happening in the American political scene right now and who really stands out in it. Trump doesn't take office until Jan. 20, so Joe Biden is still technically president. – Once there was a movie called “Honey, I made the children small”. Now you can make a movie: “Honey, I shrunk the president.” And this movie can be made by Donald Trump. Because Joe Biden doesn't really exist. She left. We saw this during negotiations in the Capitol on the interim budget. He did not participate in these negotiations at all, explained Vrona.
However, he noted, “Donald Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance, the newcomers” attended. – Joe Biden has completely given up on the presidency, you might say. In particular, because, first of all, his position has been declining day by day since his defeat in the presidential debate in June of this year. Joe Biden mattered less and less. It happened little by little, he said.
Crow: Trump still has four weeks to take office, but he's actually in charge
– Secondly, after what happened in November during the elections, the Democratic Party ceased to function in the framework we knew before. The Democrats themselves don't know what kind of party they should be right now and are really busy looking for a way out of this huge crisis, he continued.
– What is Donald Trump doing? Of course, he takes advantage of the situation. There is a saying that there are people who, as soon as they enter a room, immediately consume all the oxygen in that room. Donald Trump does it. He said he used up all the oxygen. He noted that “Trump still has four weeks to take power, but he's actually in charge.”
An area called the “powder keg”. “It's not just Americans who have something to say here.”
Vorozh spoke about the possibility of ending the war in the Middle East with the help of the United States. – When it comes to the Middle East, I was not so sure about it. Of course, Benjamin Netanyahu and his government will hope that Trump will be a better partner for their interests, but for decades, the Middle East has been called a sandbox, where different interests are mixed, and not only Americans have a say here. he noted.
– I believe that the American administration will have enough means to put pressure on these and other forces in the Middle East. But on the other hand, I would like to mention that Iran attacked Israel twice with missiles last year. This is something that hasn't happened in decades. Something that was unimaginable two years ago (…), before the start of this unfortunate operation in Gaza – added the journalist.
– What will be the goal of the American administration? It is clear from all of Donald Trump's announcements that he wants to end this. But she likes to do a lot of things with words. In fact, I expected that its declarative end will turn into some long negotiations, in which the Americans will be involved for some time, he continued.
In his opinion, Trump has “interests in the Middle East a little different than the state of Israel,” which “wants to renew the Middle East.” – And every time someone wants to change the furniture in the Middle East, it ends badly for the Americans – he said.
Waroch about the future of the conflict in the Middle East. “It's not just Americans who have something to say here.”
Zaucha: Trump can use this tool to pressure Zelensky
What does Ukraine expect from the administration of the Republican president? As Zaucha said, in this nation “on the one hand, there are great hopes, on the other hand, great uncertainty about what will happen after January 20, when Trump will officially begin to rule and will really have all the tools in his hands. affects what is happening in Ukraine and Russia.” -Ukrainians hope that Trump can do a lot and can actually bring an end to the war. On the other hand, these hopes related to Trump compared to what Biden was doing, he said.
And he explained: – Of course, the United States helped Ukrainians a lot in the fight against Russia, provided weapons and money on a large scale. Although criticism is now very common, first of all, President Biden and his security advisers, many key decisions for Ukraine – about the provision of weapons, let's start with HIMARS missiles, then tanks, now the decision that Ukrainians are begging for . During this year, decisions about the possibility of attacking targets in Russia using long-range missiles from the United States or Britain – these decisions have been delayed.
According to the reporter of TVN24, “Fakti” “obviously seemed that Washington was afraid of Russia's reaction.” – He is afraid that we are getting very close to the border of nuclear war, that Putin will not only blackmail the world with nuclear weapons, but also use them, – he said.
As he stated, “thanks to the fact that it was the United States that mainly supported Ukraine and kept Ukraine at a level where it can effectively defend itself against Russian attacks, Trump can easily use this tool to pressure the president Zelensky to use. ” – He says that if you do not talk to Vladimir Putin and do not want to make an agreement with him, I will take all this from you. I will not support you, continued Zaucha. He said that “this way of pressuring President Zelensky is very simple .”
He noted that “on the other hand, there is Vladimir Putin, with whom negotiations will certainly be very difficult, and certainly, first of all, the United States should put such pressure on Vladimir Putin to agree to some kind of agreement.”
Zaucha: Ukrainians hope that Trump can do a lot TVN24
For Ukraine, “2025 will be very similar”
Zaucha, who has repeatedly reported on the events in Russia and then in Ukraine, also reported that “the situation at the front is constantly worsening during this year.” – A year ago, when I was asked what will happen in Ukraine in 2024, I repeated, and the Ukrainians also said: Ukraine will switch to strategic defense. It lacks weapons, it does not have enough soldiers, (…) it cannot launch another big offensive, it cannot recapture the areas occupied by the Russians. He will defend himself. – he remembered.
– And 2025 will be very similar. This means that Ukraine will defend itself, and now the question is how this defense of Ukraine will affect the possible agreement, he added.
He emphasized that “we have been hearing a change in the tone of the President of Ukraine for several weeks.” – Previously, he repeated: until we take back all the regions occupied by the Russians, there is no negotiation with Russia. Now this has changed. The president of Ukraine admits that maybe these areas should be recaptured after concluding some kind of agreement with Russia (…), he added.
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