Nikodem Rachoń
European elites are caught in a dangerous cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy. They claim U.S. President Donald Trump is abandoning NATO and Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. In doing so, they actively undermine the authority necessary for effective execution of his central foreign policy promise: to bring Russia and Ukraine to the table and end the war. Worse still, they risk pushing the United States further away from Europe, putting the entire security architecture of Europe in danger. This dysfunction is more than counterproductive; it is a dereliction of leadership at a moment when global stability demands serious strategy and leaders truly equipped and positioned to deliver a real change.
The latest diplomatic spat between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sent European leaders into a predictable frenzy of performative outrage. After Friday's tense Oval Office exchange, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas declared that "the free world needs a new leader," suggesting that Europe should step up. A number of European figures, from French President Emmanuel Macron to soon-to-be German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Poland's Donald Tusk, eagerly lined up behind Zelensky—not to craft a pragmatic strategy, but to broadcast their moral superiority. German media suggested that European countries reconsider military equipment procurement plans and redirect their focus from the U.S. to German and French industry.
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