President of Romania: Morality is not very important in Trump’s world

According to RCO News Agency, Romanian President “Nicosur Dan” emphasized in an interview at the end of 2025 that he spent most of this year preparing for “how to live with Donald Trump, or even worse – without him”.

According to Politico, US President Donald Trump is now seen as a major disruptor of international norms and has sent a message since returning to the White House in January that he does not care much for Europe.

Against the wishes of European leaders, the US president has slashed financial and military aid to Ukraine, hit the European Union with tariffs and called its leaders “weak”. His government is now on a mission to interfere in the European election process, with the intention of supporting far-right parties in the countries of the continent, with the aim of pushing their policies towards the anti-immigration goals of his famous “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement.

Nikoshor Dan stated in an interview with Politico that one of his challenges is to what extent he will accept Trump’s priorities because Europe still needs America, and to what extent will he resist his hostility against moderate European values? At the same time, he asks if there is still a real alliance between Europe and America?

“The world has changed,” the Romanian president said in this interview during his trip to Brussels. Our approach used to be to act in an ethical manner, but now we have moved to act in a pragmatic and economic manner.”

EU leaders understand this change and are now turning their attention to formulating practical strategies to manage the new reality of Trump’s world, according to Nikoshur Dan. European moderates, on the other hand, should be wary of a concerted American effort to support their populist opponents on the right in order to influence and change the course of European politics.

Some Trump administration officials, such as Vice President J.D. Vance, have condemned the cancellation of last year’s elections in Romania, and recently, the White House’s new national security strategy document indicated that the United States would support a change in European policy to adopt the Maga movement’s anti-immigrant agenda.

The President of Romania clarified that in his opinion, it is “no problem” for American politicians to comment on European political affairs and elections, but it would be problematic for the United States to try to “undemocratically influence European politics, such as giving money to the media in European countries to recruit them.”

In the continuation of this interview, the President of Romania noted that in his opinion, Europe and the United States are considered “natural allies” because they have more common values ​​than other regions of the world. He also stated that he believes that “a proper partnership between them will be possible in the medium term, but we are now entering a kind of transition period during which we need to understand each other better.”

Donald Trump’s statement in his recent interview with Politico that European leaders are “weak” is partially true, Nikoshor Dan emphasized. He continued: “Europe is very slow in making decisions. For example, the European Union, after months of debate, finally agreed on a way to deliver aid to Ukraine during its tense summit last week, which ended at three in the morning. But the European Union was able to make an important decision despite the many divisions within it.

The President of Romania is referring to the recent agreement of the European Union countries to provide a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine within 2 years, financed through the common debt of the European Union.

Nikoshor Dan believes that despite Donald Trump’s efforts for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war, the end of this war is still far from reach.

He said: “I am more pessimistic than optimistic about short-term developments. Russia does not seem to want peace now. They believe that if they reach peace in 2 or 3 months, it is better than reaching now. “They will continue to fight because they are making small improvements on the battlefield.”

The President of Romania also said that he agrees with the recent request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Donald Trump to put more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We support Ukraine,” he said.

At the same time, he called Trump’s “extremely strong” sanctions against Russian oil companies useful and said, “I welcome Trump’s commitment to peace and the successful new position of the United States to provide security guarantees aimed at strengthening the institutional agreement.”

Nikoshor Dan said that while he hopes that Russia will not take over the entire Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, he also does not want to tie Zelensky’s hands. He continued: “Any peace during which an aggressor is rewarded will not be a good thing for Europe and for the future security of the world.” But the decision about peace is only on the shoulders of Ukrainians themselves. “They’ve gone through a lot of pain and suffering, so we can’t blame them for whatever decision they might make.”

The President of Romania stated that his country plays a vital role in the field of transferring aid to Ukraine, and considering the strategic importance of Constanta port on the Black Sea coast, sending Western forces as peacekeepers to Ukraine in the future will play an important role in any operation.

He went on to say that Ukrainian soldiers have been trained on Romanian soil and have also participated in joint operations with Bulgaria and Türkiye for demining the Black Sea.

Nikoshor Dan also claims that Russian drones have violated Romania’s airspace more than 12 times since the start of the Ukrainian war, and not long ago, Romanian authorities were forced to evacuate a village on the border with Ukraine because a gas ship was attacked by several drones.

He added: “We are sure that they were not sent to our country on purpose. We try to tell our people that they are never in danger. However, Romania is still looking to boost its military spending with the aim of creating deterrence against Russia.

The 56-year-old president of Romania, who became the president of this country of 19 million people in May of this year, claimed that his country has been the target of Russia’s efforts to influence its politics and democracy for a decade, and some other European leaders have told him that they have also been the target of what they called “Russia’s campaign to spread false information” and “sabotage”.

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