Trump appears to visualise the world as one run by Big Men (not women I suspect) grabbing what land and resources they can (while Europe looks on?). Trump seems concerned with gathering wealth for himself and, honestly, ethical politics is on its way out.
Are we living in terrible times?
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Alexander, this is a question about political systems.
If you cannot think of an answer, please remain silent!
I wonder, if things heat up between Europe and America, will Trump, nightmare or dream, send American troops against European countries. If European armies defend Ukraine, what will Trump do?
Trump and Europe: US ‘transactionalism on steroids’ is the challenge facing leaders now
"Donald Trump has always been an avowed transactionalist rather than a transatlanticist. The author of The Art of the Deal made it clear during his first term as US president that he thought Nato was a bad deal for the US. He publicly berated European allies, notably Germany, for not spending enough on defence and leaving the US to pick up the tab.
But with his Ukraine policy, Trump 2.0 is forcing Europeans to confront the previously unthinkable: an international order where the US is no longer an automatic ally of European security...
Trump has shattered a number of European illusions. Creating a new European security architecture will depend on finding more than just cash – it needs a new shared objective, not just a repudiation of grubby transactionalism."
https://theconversation.com/trump-and-europe-us-transactionalism-on-steroids-is-the-challenge-facing-leaders-now-250836?
Ljubomir,
Trump is certainly correct where European governments are concerned, but I think now they have woken up and it will be good for them. Nevertheless, these matters are a sign of America's growing weakness and. really, it is time for Europe to regain itself. WW2 was a long time ago.
America and Russia have these blustering second raters because they are becoming weaker and the illusion of gangsters as strong figures is merely whimsical.
Trump's aggression towards Zelensky indicates he wants to leave Nato. He probably reasons it's too costly and is Europe's problem. Same when China looks again at Taiwan. The Big Boys will have free rein.
Trump, the state and the revolution
"To say that Trump in his new incarnation is different from the Trump No. 1 is to state the obvious. The world and the United States have been subjected to a deluge of decrees and decisions that have changed affairs internationally and domestically. It has been a three-week wild ride that does not seem to have run out of steam yet and has confirmed the idea that the new Trump will rule very differently from the old.
There are two reasons for this difference...
The most important and momentous change compared to Trump No. 1 is that he now has Elon Musk and his merry band of convention-breakers who are proceeding to the dismantling of the state apparatus. What they are doing under the title of the Department Of Government Efficiency seems novel for the people who have not had the experience or even the knowledge of any revolutionary change..."
https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/trump-the-state-and-the-revolution
Well, the economy will fail, but, as I point out, that will help Trump and Musk.
The economy is already failing but Elon and Trump seem mainly concerned with robbery, not preservation. Offloading thousands, even hundreds of thousands civil servants, will decrease the money flow, but the point is to impoverish Americans, just as Putin did Russians, to control them more easily while, like the Russian oligarchs, stealing as much money as possible. Elon will start picking up energy companies, etc, as will Trump. They, as robber barons, will milk the economy while Americans lose all civilised protections like medicare.
But, they brought it on themselves and deserve everything they get! There is no excuse to voting in an absurd character, and obvious personaçlity, like Trump!!! Unfortunately, America may take the West down with them.
This is from the poetry question on here and while I am aware that some will protest and say 'this is politics', but since politics is a serious matter and requires understanding and analysis, it clearly belongs here. We need to understand why this appalling situation evolved. Trump copied and copies Putin, but why should people have ignored the warnings even ignored the frightful language used!!!! Hitler, Putin, Trump? Who next?
TIME FOR THE DEVILS TO DANCE
Oh, America, gone in a moment
Your glory like a callus, all goodness gone!
In a bad game of cards, you lost,
Trumped in a sudden sleight of hand
Which removed the best
From what was dwindling anyway.
Riches sucked into a ravaged time
Dilapidated scents devolved into
An acidic musk that pervades
Corruption and the corrupter-.
Eloquence forbidden by shafts of
Maudlin idiots’ spiel applauded by the
Idiots it was intended for. A rime for criminals shifting
In the dust, turning blocks of gold to
Plastic bags of waste, waiting for disposal.
Pauperised, the con was darker energised
Through conceit, deadlier because the light
Was first circumcised, broadcast, and removed.
It's time: time for the devils to dance.
Trump’s Russian propaganda parroting backfires
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Times Radio
Concern that Trump could attempt the assassination of Kelensky
Trump tariff chaos: radical uncertainty will likely make companies delay investments
Tariffs create uncertainty. This will slow investment, not stimulate it...
https://theconversation.com/trump-tariff-chaos-radical-uncertainty-will-likely-make-companies-delay-investments-254263
Ljubomir
Trump has gone several steps further as Trump has set up crooked processes to make money from his presidency. Corruption upfront. Blatant.
‘From all sides’: universities in red states face attacks from DC and at home
As universities begin to push back on Trump’s policies, those in Republican-led states face multiple threats...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/10/republican-states-universities-attacks-trump
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