“Somebody better decide pretty quickly whether they are prepared to have the risk of combat with Russian forces” Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton tells Berlin Briefing. In this episode, DW ‘s top political correspondents Michaela Küfner and Nina Haase unpack the question of security guarantees with Ambassador Bolton: Why the idea spooks German politicians into wanting to postpone the issue while German Chancellor Merz and his European allies still hope Trump will take the lead. Ambassador Bolton warns that that won’t happen. He predicts Trump will lose interest while Putin is playing for time. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 01:45 Security guarantees key 03:30 No Article 5 protection 04:50 Define the mission 06:20 Risk of combat 07:29 German hesitation 09:20 Convince the public 12:10 Trump ≠ Strategy 14:45 No rushed peace 16:06 Keeping Trump on board 18:20 AfD call to war 20:20 German mandate votes 22:50 UN mandate 25:25 Bolton advice for Merz 26:55 End LINKS: Why military service is back on the table in Germany https://youtu.be/zVKpygDF9es?si=OfNRA8vM2eCbptkD What Trump’s power over Europe really means https://youtu.be/EhNmp5y83ao?si=ZLnO12yPT5vOPesQ DW Berlin Briefing on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics/id1775699172 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07Wp4c6w9qVIYmB7JIbFBZ RSS feed DW Berlin Briefing: https://rss.dw.com/xml/podcast_Berlin_Briefing For more news go to: https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097 Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews/ ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://x.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish
Why Europe shouldn't get too excited over Trump's peace drive I Berlin Briefing Podcast
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“Somebody better decide pretty quickly whether they are prepared to have the risk of combat with Russian forces” Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton tells Berlin Briefing. In this episode, DW ‘s top political correspondents Michaela Küfner and Nina Haase unpack the question of security guarantees with Ambassador Bolton: Why the idea spooks German politicians into wanting to postpone the issue while German Chancellor Merz and his European allies still hope Trump will take the lead. Ambassador Bolton warns that that won’t happen. He predicts Trump will lose interest while Putin is playing for time. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 01:45 Security guarantees key 03:30 No Article 5 protection 04:50 Define the mission 06:20 Risk of combat 07:29 German hesitation 09:20 Convince the public 12:10 Trump ≠ Strategy 14:45 No rushed peace 16:06 Keeping Trump on board 18:20 AfD call to war 20:20 German mandate votes 22:50 UN mandate 25:25 Bolton advice for Merz 26:55 End LINKS: Why military service is back on the table in Germany https://youtu.be/zVKpygDF9es?si=OfNRA8vM2eCbptkD What Trump’s power over Europe really means https://youtu.be/EhNmp5y83ao?si=ZLnO12yPT5vOPesQ DW Berlin Briefing on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics/id1775699172 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07Wp4c6w9qVIYmB7JIbFBZ RSS feed DW Berlin Briefing: https://rss.dw.com/xml/podcast_Berlin_Briefing For more news go to: https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097 Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews/ ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://x.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish
