Russian President Vladimir Putin is attacking NATO with drones, and American leader Donald Trump is acting only as a passive observer, writes The New York Times .
The head of the White House did not make any harsh statements towards Moscow after the incident, which according to Poland and other NATO countries was not an accident, but a deliberate provocation and testing of the alliance's capabilities.
Trump even said that the invasion of Russian drones in Poland could have been a mistake. This is an example of how Trump, who has so far convinced everyone that only he can achieve peace in Ukraine and the Middle East, has this time limited himself to the role of an observer.
The American president openly wants the Nobel Peace Prize for his interventions in six - sometimes he says seven or more - conflicts around the world. At the same time, he looks on indifferently from the sidelines, the NYT points out.
Regarding the invasion of Russian drones in Poland, Trump's reaction was strange. He shrugged his shoulders and seemed to say “what can be done?“ And the US, during all these years of full-scale aggression against Ukraine, has declared that it will defend every inch of NATO territory.
Vladimir Putin has every reason to cross the “red lines”, because nothing that Trump promised after the meeting in Alaska, including direct negotiations between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia and the news of sanctions against the Russian Federation, has happened.
According to a European diplomat, Putin is more worried about the reaction of the nuclear superpower the US than of Europe. And there is practically none. The latest signals from the US are that Europeans are increasingly responsible for their own defense.
The Russians probably interpreted this as another sign that the Americans are leaving the defense of Europe to the Europeans and that it is time to test this defense.