Ivan Krastev
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Yeah, listen, I do believe that it's a moment which it's not easy to forget.
From this point of view, by the way, it's very interesting if you see West Europeans and East Europeans, how we're reacting to this.
I do believe West Europeans are shocked because they don't understand what Trump is doing.
And East Europeans, we are scared because we do.
Brilliant, sir.
Because we have seen this before.
In a certain way, this is a revolutionary moment.
And he basically going, he's overtaken, to be honest.
The problem with the revolutions is that you cannot run them.
They're running you.
So at some point, you don't know what you're doing because the speed is overtaking you.
You start to radicalizing.
If you're going to ask him probably three months ago how important Greenland was, he's not going to tell you, but now he cannot stop.
And here, in my view, is the interesting story because Europeans, and this is where I do believe Trump totally misread Europe.
He said that Europe is weak, and this is true.
But Europe is so weak that we cannot cave up.
Now, why do you say that?
This is the paradox.
Yeah, because listen, Europeans now, when it comes to Greenland, this is very much facing your own societies.
Because, of course, he could have get, to be honest, he has been gotten Greenland if he was quiet, if he takes time, if he was talking to the Danish.