Reporting from the Munich Security Conference where the ongoing war between invading Russia and Ukraine is expected to be the main topic, the Washington Post's David Ignatius told MSNBC that mixed messages from Donald Trump's White House has attendees on the edge of their seats.
Speaking with the hosts of "Morning Joe," the venerable Ignatius claimed that an overnight speech from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has created increasing alarm that the unpredictable Trump could insert U.S. troops in Ukraine.
Speaking with MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire, the columnist reported, "Behind me is the packed lobby of the hotel where the Munich Security Conference is taking place. Everybody's jostling, its like a huge dinner party where everybody's trying to get a seat and that's kind of a metaphor for me of what's going on in these pre-negotiations. "
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Adding, "Everybody's trying to figure out what positions the U.S. is taking, how to respond to them, and the positions have been all over the map," he continued, "President Trump's initial description of his meeting with, or his conversations with Vladimir Putin was very warm. It led people to worry that Trump might be getting ready to sell out Ukraine."
"Similar comments by Pete Hegseth denying Ukraine the likelihood of membership in NATO added to those worries," he elaborated. "In the following two days, we've had people pulling back some of those comments to the point that Vice President J.D. Vance said yesterday that the U.S. might want to put tariffs on Russia and might even send troops into Ukraine to guarantee the peace agreement –– the very thing that President Trump had said two days before wouldn't happen."
"So there's a lot of confusion during the three days of this conference here in Munich, where every foreign policy or national security official from around the world gathers," he added.
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