ROME (ITALPRESS) – “I don’t think Trump is the earthquake, I think he is the seismograph. I think he is the indicator of a cultural revolution, we went from a world where big democracies counted to a world where big powers count. The countries that have counted in the last few decades have made the greatest social gains, in terms of human rights, but in the future the richest, biggest, strongest countries will probably count. It’s a different world, in which the rules change and you have to adapt quickly. And defense is part of this adaptation.” Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said this while speaking at the Action Congress.
“The theme that Europe, and Italy within it, should take charge of its own defense was first said in Obama’s first term. Since then there have been five different U.S. administrations that have reminded Europe to take charge of its own defense and NATO member countries to fulfill their commitments within the Atlantic Alliance,” the minister explained.
“It is not Guido Crosetto who invests in defense, decides whether or not to have more military or to buy a weapon system. I get statements every day from political people who say there is a bad person, which is Guido Crosetto, but by eliminating Guido Crosetto we don’t take away the problem of the need to do defense. This is not a way of doing politics, it is not acceptable in democracy,” he concluded.
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