“It is also clear that we then have to discuss which security guarantees can be given in a post-war situation. But we are far from there yet. Now we are concentrating on what is coming up.”

The Pew Research Center recently released a report, suggesting that most Americans view NATO and Ukraine in a possible light, whereas Americans view Russia as the enemy. However, the same report suggested that Americans have expressed mixed confidence in two of NATO’s most prominent leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Scholz. The research went on to note that 35 percent of Americans had never even heard of Germany’s leader, whereas 24 percent said that they had never heard of Macron.