ORELLA: "Irán intenta negociar de tú a tú y EEUU y Trump no están acostumbrados"

ORELLA: "Iran is trying to negotiate on equal terms, and the US and Trump aren't used to that" José Luis Orella, Professor of Contemporary History at CEU San Pablo University, analyzes Donald Trump's strategy toward NATO, explaining that the US leader seeks to reduce spending at the expense of his allies in order to shift military resources to the Pacific and the Far East, a priority area for Washington's international policy. The expert warns that Trump intends for Europe to increase its spending on an arms industry that has already created more than 200,000 jobs in the US market, placing the continent in the dangerous scenario of a chaotic withdrawal of US forces; a situation he describes as very delicate given that Moscow continually threatens Eastern Europe. Given this scenario of shortages caused by the logistical effort of the war in Ukraine, Orella emphasizes that Europe lacks its own unique defense base, making it essential to reorganize the common defense program and encourage national companies and industries to reduce their absolute dependence on the US arms industry. Furthermore, regarding the planned September meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the analyst describes a global scenario marked by the intense rivalry of two superpowers that have a "tight grip" on each other but, at the same time, cannot do without one another, forcing them to negotiate periodically to balance their interests. As for the situation in Cuba, Orella interprets the collapse of its electrical grid due to fuel shortages as a sign that the island's economy, after the loss of support from Venezuela and the limited remote assistance from Russia, is experiencing its final moments before an imminent political change. Finally, he assesses the recent attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as a tragically common occurrence in complex negotiations, describing it as a show of force within a fragile truce by an Iran attempting to negotiate on equal terms—a stance of dialogue to which the United States is unaccustomed. #Orella #USA #NATO #Europe #Russia #Trump #Putin #EuropeanUnion #War #Vonderleyen #Geopolitics #Intereconomia 📻 You can listen to Radio Intereconomía live on our website: ►https://intereconomia.com/radio/ 🎧 Also on Ivoox ► https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-online... 🖱 Follow the conversation on social media: 🎞Facebook ►   / radiointerec.  . ✍Twitter ►   / rintereconomia