On 4th March 2025, Claude Malhuret (a French Senator) gave the clearest description possible of the impact of Donald Trump’s egregious politics on both the USA and the rest of the world:
“… Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose,
… because he will not defend you,
… he will impose more tariffs on you than on his enemies,
… and he will threaten to seize your territories, while supporting the dictators who invade you.“
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Malhuret’s speech has been widely reported (like here at “The Atlantic“, for example). I applaud his courage in plainly saying what needed to be said.
“… The American shield is slipping away, Ukraine risks being abandoned, and Russia is being strengthened.
Washington has become the court of Nero – an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service.”
Trump’s terrible gung-ho bullying approach to international politics has undermined the principles of acceptable behaviour for Nation States and likely destroyed NATO as a result. Under Trump, much of the World and most of Europe no longer sees the USA as a trustworthy ally:
“Let us remember that it only took one month, three weeks, and two days to bring down the Weimar Republic and its constitution. We were at war with a dictator; now we are fighting against a dictator supported by a traitor…”
“… the Trumpian vision coincides with Putin’s… a return to ‘spheres of influence’, where Great Powers dictate the fate of small Nations.”
It is very sad to see the USA, once the proud leader of the free world, now acting in the same sort of dictatorial manner as Putin’s Russia and other tyrannical States around the world. It remains to be seen whether Trump intends to transform USA society completely, running roughshod over their traditional Constitutional values, in order to seize total control of the country for himself and his cronies. In the meantime, the rest of the world and especially Europe, are now taking steps to protect themselves from the USA… something so previously unthinkable it feels surreal… and yet here we all are.
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