Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis praised President Donald Trump for leading the world to a “more peaceful and prosperous future” during an interview with Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle at a forum in Doha.
During the event in Doha, Qatar, Boyle asked Gerapetritis about Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' correct prediction that the European Union and the United States would reach a mutually beneficial and mutually beneficial trade agreement.
“You know what you think, looking back at those historical moments about the US-EU relationship and Greece's role in predicting that?” Boyle asked.
“I have to tell you that the Prime Minister is very good at foresight… very early on he recognized the driving force that the new American leadership would bring to Europe and the world,” Gerapetritis began, explaining that President Donald Trump's leadership ushered in what he called “a different model of governance…”
This, he said, has significantly helped countries – especially across Europe – by prompting them to rethink their “fundamentals” across the region.
“And I think in some ways it has helped us rethink our fundamentals in Europe, think about how we can be more autonomous, how we can strive for more careful economic policies, how to develop a fair balance vis-à-vis the United States. And at the end of the day, it's, as you say, mutually beneficial,” he said.
“And frankly, in the last ten months in Europe, we have changed the way we think about things. And the engagement with NATO – NATO is also very important to begin with. I would say there is now a different concept of European defense capability. We have developed two major program maps, which are to rearm Europe… in order to enhance our defense capabilities and to be able to develop those capabilities in a form that deters any potential aggression,” Gerapetritis continued, before returning to the issue of trade. and what the changes instigated by Trump mean for the world.
“And the truth is that now when it comes to trade – because trade and defense, I think, go hand in hand – I think trade, we have found a very functional formula that is mutual, mutually beneficial, and I think we can resolve some issues,” he continued, explaining that Prime Minister Mitsotakis is “very focused on how to further develop both the EU-US relationship and the US-Greece relationship.” He said relations are now at the “highest level” and concluded that this is a historic time before praising President Trump.
“We must commend the efforts of the new American administration to actually lead the world toward a more peaceful and prosperous future,” he added.
