'Transactional diplomacy': Greece positioning itself as Trump’s most 'reliable ally in the region'

Home Shows Spotlight To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 10:14 Issued on: 13/10/2026 - 13:41Modified: 13/10/2026 - 13:52 From the show François Picard is pleased to welcome Petros Konstantinidis, Journalist for TA NEA, Greece's leading daily newspaper, as a financial and investigative reporter. It has all the makings of a reality TV show or a telenovela, or both! “This is diplomacy under Trump turning into lifestyle diplomacy”, explains Konstantinidis. With this striking observation, he captures the transformation of US-Greek relations under Donald Trump. Against a backdrop of controversy surrounding US ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump Jr's ex-fiancee, Konstantinidis exposes the tensions between diplomatic spectacle, allegations of political interference and increasingly transactional geopolitical alliances. From American energy investments and multibillion-dollar arms purchases to Greece's ambitions as a regional energy hub, Konstantinidis re...