“If Trump sells Ukraine, it will become a Cain’s seal on his forehead.” NV interview with three times Pulitzer laureate Thomas Friedman

The conversation took place as part of the Great West NV “Ukraine is changing the world. Dialogues about opportunities. ”

– The whole world is watching America now. Personally I watch America on CNN, I don’t have Fox News. I think all of the changes that are initiated by the new administration, the speed of these changes, the number of different striking and incredible statements and initiatives. What do you think about it? How do we have to understand this?

– How should it be understood? I think we need to comprehend all this and understand it. We are now in absolutely “unknown waters. ” We have new President, Vice President and President’s assistant named Ilon Musk, who is simply incredible freedom of action so that he can cut and cut here and there what he or she will consider it necessary in the government. At the same time, the government does not actually reveal any plans, does not go out to the public, does not turn to people to tell them: “You see, the world has changed now. Given what is happening in the world, we think that we need to reduce something here, we need to change something here, but here we need to invest. ” Power is simply used for full reduction and burning of everything around … and we see how just a crazy amount of diplomatic energy is spent – from the presidential statement that he is about to own gas and that all Palestinians should move somewhere else, and ending with the opening of negotiations about the future Ukraine without the participation of Ukrainians. And you know, I think that it is scary that they seem to invent it all in the process, and for Ukraine it can be a very, very serious problem.

– Do you think America changes forever, all these changes are irreversible? After all, Donald Trump is not eternal, he has only four years ahead, but what next? And where is the system of checks and balances, it works in general?