President Trump is set to meet with European leaders amidst uncertainty about transatlantic relations. His policies, which include territorial demands and a focus on ending the Ukraine war, fracture long-held diplomatic norms. Analysts fear that this departure from traditional U.S. diplomacy could destabilize global governance, as evidenced by comments from former diplomat Ian Kelly. He critiques Trump's move away from an established policy of standing against aggressors, deeming it as potentially leading to greater international turmoil rather than securing peace.
"The only conclusion you can draw is that 80 years of policy in standing up against aggressors has just been blown up without any sort of discussion or reflection," said Ian Kelly.
"I'm discouraged for a lot of reasons, but one of the reasons is that I had taken some encouragement at the beginning from the repeated references to 'peace through strength,'" Kelly added. "This is not peace through strength - this is peace through surrender."
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