“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
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