It was Macron and Starmer who persuaded Trump to change the opinion of Putin – Politico

Cyrus Starmer and Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Getty Images

US President Donald Trump has changed the rhetoric on Russian leader Vladimir Putin after several months of non -public diplomatic efforts by the United Kingdom Prime Minister Kira Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Source: Politico With reference to sources in European governments, on the conditions of anonymity

Details: According to the publication, the change in Trump’s course was the result of long coordination between London, Paris and Washington. Starmer and Macron sought to convince the US president to reduce the pressure on Vladimir Zelensky and to direct part of his anger on Putin, using the argument that Putin puts him a fool.

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Literally: « Public criticism of President of the United States to Putin has allowed diplomats in London and Paris to restrain his fists with pleasure in his efforts – their efforts during the last three months seem to have begun to bear fruit. »

Details: The publication reports that the key role in negotiations with the US administration was played by the UK national security advisor Jonathan Powell and Defense Minister John Gili. Their efforts were coordinated with the US Ambassador to the UK Mark Burnett. For his part, British Foreign Minister David Lemmy reported that this year alone he had 13 conversations with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Starmer and Trump – almost as much.

« Zelensky unambiguously managed to influence the course of Trump’s thoughts in Rome, » one of the former British ambassadors on anonymity said. According to him, Britain and France constantly emphasized that Putin « shows disrespect (to Trump – ed.), Constantly violating the truce, which he himself proclaimed. »

He suggested that it became a particularly sensitive topic, as Trump « responds sensitively to human casualties – it is really worried. »

« At this point, Trump realized that Putin cannot be trusted. This is that the President (Macron – Ed.) Is constantly repeating and trying to convey to Trump. This is our current strategy, » the unnamed French official confirmed.

However, the United Kingdom and France are now forced to wait with anxiety whether the US President’s stronger position on Putin with his impatience will endure faster to move on, Politico writes.

Senior researcher of the American Analytical Center for Brookings Institution, Stephen Pifer also noted that « Trump had a blind area about Putin, who ignored the US requests. » « But his recent statements on social networks are hinted at the fact that he began to feel that Putin was using it, » Pifer emphasized.