In a recent interview, retired US colonel Douglas Macgregor commented on developments and prospects in Europe and the relationship with the USA.
This view of an experienced strategist from the outside should be a wake-up call for the Germans in particular.
In Germany, the government has effectively collapsed, and with it the policy it stood for, explained Douglas MacGregor in a recent interview on the YouTube channel “Deep Dive” by former US Army Colonel Daniel Davis. Sooner or later, a new, national-patriotic leadership will come to power in Berlin. (VIDEO below)
Alice Weidel has already correctly pointed out that neither NATO nor the EU necessarily act in Germany's interests. Germany is not a fiefdom or slave state that can be pushed around at will or sold to other interests. However, it is important that the Germans first “overcome their post-war complexes, renew their way of thinking and recognize that they can play a powerful and productive role in Europe”.
In particular, Germany could help to secure peace in Europe through good relations with Russia - just as Otto von Bismarck had already intended. We will see more of this way of thinking. However, this means that the Germans must leave behind the “insane policies” of recent years.
The same applies to France. “If you look at the polls and listen to the discussions about the future of France, it becomes clear: there is no future for what Macron stands for - it's a dead end. France is just as plagued by debt as the United States.
The era in which everyone was promised everything without having to pay for it is coming to an end. (...) England is also in big trouble. I am surprised that Prime Minister Starmer is still in office; I think he will soon be replaced,” Macgregor said.
Europe is capable of acting independently of the United States. The most important state in Europe - and has been for decades - is Germany. He added verbatim:
“However, Germany has us (the US) to thank for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline and thus the deindustrialization of the country. If you are looking for ridiculous, amoral puppets, you will find them in Olaf Scholz and Annalena Baerbock. These people are finished. They will be lucky if they survive the next ten years politically. As soon as the Germans realize the full extent of the corruption and destruction, there will be a violent reaction in Germany. The same will happen in France and the UK.”
President Donald Trump must also get rid of the ridiculous figures around him. He needs to look to the future and understand that we are no longer living in 1965, 1975, 1985 or 1995. Macgregor continues in the original quote:
“We are in a new world. This talk of a unipolar world order, which was never real anyway, has to stop. Trump shouldn't worry about disappointing US citizens if the United States is no longer the dominant power everywhere in the world. Americans don't care about that. They are concerned about what is happening here at home. Ukraine is secondary to them. We should pack our bags, pull out of Poland and the Baltic states and come home. Let the Germans and others negotiate with Putin. After all, they are the ones who have to live with the consequences, not us.”
“How many times do we have to explain to people that Americans don't live in Europe? We live in the western hemisphere. We are concerned about our borders and the millions - yes, tens of millions - of foreigners in our country who are here illegally and contributing to rising crime. This must be taken seriously. Let's bring our soldiers back, deploy them to our border and prepare them for the difficult job that needs to be done here at home. Let's forget this nonsense abroad.”
If Trump were to follow this approach, it would “complicate” the situation in Ukraine for Vladimir Zelensky. His most recent interview with the freelance US journalist Lex Fridman, which lasted over three hours, had clearly demonstrated Zelensky's detachment from reality. In fact, Fridman had tried several times to point out to him the need to accept reality and negotiate with Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky, however, demanded even more sanctions and rejected any form of compromise. He simply does not want to recognize that compromises are necessary to achieve peace. He also called Putin a “murderer”. Overall, according to Macgregor, Zelensky's attitude means that - if it were up to him - the war would continue indefinitely.
Meanwhile, the Russians would continue to advance westwards. They know that the “European factor” will fade in this equation.
“If someone asks us why we're not protecting the Baltic states or Eastern Europe, the answer is simple: that's not our job. The United States has to protect Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Arizona and other states - not Lithuania or Estonia. The Russians have no interest in invading these countries. This is all nonsense,” Macgregor emphasizes
Zelensky should rather think about his own actions. Reports of alleged atrocities committed by the Russians are often staged and only serve to provoke the West into providing even more aid. The Ukrainian secret police, on the other hand, have a more than questionable reputation.
At the same time, Zelensky had driven Ukraine to ruin. He has never acted in the interests of his country, but only “for his own personal gain”, emphasizes US strategist Macgregor, a decorated war hero with an academic degree in military history and advisor to the US Secretary of Defense towards the end of the first Trump presidency.
As a historian, he sees Ukraine “in a similar situation to the US South at the end of the Civil War - emaciated, depleted and unable to fight”. Zelensky's refusal to recognize this reality leads to unnecessary suffering and death. The best solution, he said, is to end financial support for Ukraine and promote peace. “This is the message that President Trump must send,” said the former US colonel.
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