< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/11/C3/IB-FRBAOEKS5_B2715237.jpg" Alt = "Scandal with a Secret Chat in Signal Fees distrust of the Allies to the Trump administration"/~ 62 < P > In diplomatic and intelligence circles there are real fears about Trump's reliability.
< p > Signal scandal, in which high -ranking officials from the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump discussed secret military information, shocked American allies, while at the same time, even more transatlantic trust, writes The Hill.
& ldquo; I think that every intelligence agency of the Allies, which has read this article, probably experiences its own internal panic attack on what it means & Rdquo;, – said the Director of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy of the Chicago Council on the Global Creigy Creed. week.< P > in this article Editor -in -chief of Jeffrey Goldberg & nbsp; nbsp; detailed how high -ranking officials of Trump administration used an application to exchange messages to discuss and detail the planned attacks on Husites in Yemen, and also expressed their nation. interests.
< p >& ldquo; I think it is such a public scandal, such a public mistake in many aspects, it will continue to push public opinion, especially in Europe, given the content of these messages, in a more negative direction in the United States & RDQUO;, – assumed Kafura.
Trump's contradictory policy & ldquo; America above all & Rdquo; Quickly transformed even the strongest Washington allied.< P > Tariff wars are just one of the problems that bothers America's partners. The sharp turn of Trump administration towards Russia in the desire to quickly end the Russian Federation against Ukraine stirred Europe, meanwhile citizens of friendly countries were involved in rigid domestic immigrants.
< P > The group chat at Signal, to which Goldberg was accidentally invited, added even more concern from foreign governments about the incompetence and negligence of Trump officials.
~ ~ ~ < p > & ldquo; i would not use Signal to betray my wife & Rdquo;, – said one foreign diplomat in Washington, expressing shock through the incident.
~ < p >& ldquo; errors occur. Okay, not this error & Rdquo;, – he added.
< p > When mistakes occur, openness with allies is crucial for confidence, says Dan Shapiro, who was US Ambassador to Israel during US President Barack Obama.
~ ~ ~ < p > & ldquo; when there is a violation, it is very important to tell the partners as honestly as possible about what happened, how it happened and what steps are taken to prevent repeating it. It helps to build or restore trust that can be blown up by similar revelations & Rdquo;, – he explained.
< p > however, this is not the strategy used by Trump and its allies.
< P > with the support of Republicans in Congress Trump and his team aggressively undermine confidence in Goldberg, denying the classified nature of information discussed in chat.
~ ~ ~< p > Experts say the exchange of intelligence between the US and their closest partners is so deeply rooted and occurs at so many different levels that it is unlikely < p > & ldquo; listen, our intelligence partners are not going to stop cooperation with us, and they receive great benefit from it because they receive a lot of information from these exchanges & Rdquo; – said Shapiro.
< p > But in diplomatic and intelligence circles there are real fears of Trump's reliability, starting with his own unfair approach to secret information, isolationist trends and ending & ldquo; friendly & Rdquo; relationships with autocrats such as Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.< p >After Trump has temporarily stopped exchange of intelligence with Ukraine, some NATO allies have questioned the acquisition of US F-35 US fighters in view of the dependence on US support in servicing these aircraft.
~ ~ < P > & ldquo; US recent position in the context of NATO and international geostrategic dimension makes us think about what are the best options because the predictability of our allies is a factor that should be reckoned with & RDQUO; Portugal.< p > in Germany, only 16% of the population consider the United States a partner to whom Berlin can trust, according to Ard Deutschlandtrend. And three -quarters stated that NATO members cannot currently rely on state protection.
< p >& ldquo; if allies and partners do not trust the United States that the US will behave with sensitive information properly, they will be less likely to share it. This will make Americans less protected & Rdquo;, – says Bradley Bowman from the Democracy Protection Fund.
< p > & ldquo; I personally heard the allies expressed such anxiety in the past & Rdquo; – he continued, referring to his experience with secret information as a national security advisor in the Senate.
< P > “The United States have the best in the world gathering intelligence information, but still largely relied on intelligence given by allies and partners. The exchange of intelligence is more important than ever, since we see the growth of cooperation between opponents of aggressive” he.< p >Kafur on the Chicago Council on Global Issues noted that it will force both European and Asian allies of the US & ldquo; in a rather short period of time to truly review how publicly friendly they are going to be with the United States & RDQUO; < p > Trump's antagonistic approach to allies, calls for annexation of Canada as 51st state and rigid tariff policy weaken even between partnerships on the exchange of intelligence & ldquo; five eyes & rdquo; between US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Britain.
< p > In the United States, Trump Republican allies in Congress were largely lined up in the defense of the President and members of his administration involved in the scandal with a secret chat. But some high-ranking republican lawmakers try to balance between Trump's support and responsibility.
< p >The leader of the Republican majority in the Senate John Tun supported the Senate Committee on Republican Roger Vicer's Senate Committee, who urged to investigate the incident with a group chat.
< p > This is not the outrage that the Democrats expressed, demanding the resignation of the national security advisor Mike Volz, who added to the chat of the journalist, and the Minister of Defense of Pitt Hegset, who shared the shots on the houses. < P > Senator-Democrat Mark Warner during the hearing in the Senate with the participation of senior intelligence officials who were participants of chat in Signal, condemned the recklessness of Trump high-ranking officials.
~ < p > & ldquo; intelligence we collect to protect Americans depend on many allies around the world that have access to sources that we do not have. These relationships are not stone, they are not dictated by law. Things such as & ldquo; five eyes & Rdquo;, are based on trust that has been built for decades. But so often this trust is destroyed in just one night & Rdquo;, – he said.
< p > after the scandal with the secret Chat increased attention to the behavior of Trump high -ranking officials with secret information. WSJ has recently published a material stating that US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; a meeting with foreign military officials, which discussed confidential information, including support of Ukraine.