America turned to its friends

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Winston Churchill is attributed to saying that America does the right thing after exhausting alternatives. Donald Trump has turned into his head. In the past ten days, he got 80 years of US leadership after the war. Those who believed that America was a friend or an ally, especially Ukraine and NATO, once decreased safe assumptions to deal with a world in which America is predatory without shame. The countries that were treated by Washington as opponents, especially Russia, Vladimir Putin, are suddenly American friend.

There were detailed moments in history when the United States presented its character as a global leader, such as Dwight Eisenhower’s disguise to the Anglo-French imperialism in the Suez crisis in 1956, or Ronald Reagan’s 1987 director to the Soviet Union to tear the Berlin Wall. Determine the idea of ​​the world about America. Trump confirmation this week Ukraine “should never start” the war is the dark version of these. Russia, which was provoked to the conquest of Ukraine directly from Putin’s talk points. Likewise, the JD Vance’s Vante Day’s speech was in Munich, where US Vice President defined liberal democracy as a real threat to Europe from within.

These moments will live in shame. What do they tell us about what will happen? First, there should be no doubt that Trump’s contempt for allies and admiration for strong men is real and will bear. During his first term, Trump instincts were curbed by the most traditional Republicans around him. Trump 2.0 is the real article. It is completely possible that the National Security Adviser, National Security Advisers, will still believe in the US -led coalition, which each defended. Their special ideas are relevant. Each of them presented Trump’s predatory vision of America in talks with their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia this week. Ukraine, the subject of negotiations, was not invited. Europe was not. If you are not on the table, you are on the list.

Second, Trump only started. Expulsion From Zelenskyy as a “dictator without elections” creates annoying outlines to settle peace. Zelenskyy “Disraceful” called for accusing Trump of living in the “misinformation bubble”. The idea that Ukraine was subjected to brutal assault and facing potential extinction is rejected as a liberal virtue sign, such as Dei or constitutional handrails.

Trump is committed to instinctively with the idea that the world is a forest in which big players take what they want. As such, it would be a mistake to activate his repeated designs on Greenland, Panama Channel, Gaza tape and even Canada. It divides the world into important balls. There is consistency with Trump’s sympathy for Putin’s allegations in the backyard of Russia. There is also a consistency in Trump’s reaffirmation of the Monroe doctrine in which the United States is a field above Western hemisphere.

Some have expected to win a smart step in the chess game in which Russia is attracting away from its “no borders” with China, contrary to what Richard Nixon did in the Cold War. But this is thinking about wishing. Any such maneuver will only have meaning in coordination with America’s allies. While they promised to lift sanctions against Russia, Trump is preparing for a new commercial war. After three generations of the American leadership, it is always tempting to believe that Trump does not mean what he says. Perhaps this is a deception in some great art of the deal. But the allies and former friends must remove these amazing ideas. With Trump, what you see is what you get. America turned.