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TexLaProgressive

(12,451 posts)
Sat Mar 8, 2025, 10:10 PM Mar 8

French senator Claude Malhuret speech on our new world

This is a really good read. While the Rumpus arse and cohort are destroying any credibility that the US had, Europe is more than fill the gap. I think we will see stronger alliances between EU and South Korea and other nations not aligned with China and with US ties sorely strained.

For this French senator, Trump is a traitor—and Europe is now alone


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Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is slipping, Ukraine risks being abandoned, Russia strengthened.

Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.

This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States. Trump’s message is that there is no point in being his ally since he will not defend you, he will impose higher tariffs on you than on his enemies and will threaten to seize your territories while supporting the dictatorships that invade you.

The ‘king of the deal’ is showing what the art of the deal is on his stomach. He thinks he will intimidate China by lying down in front of Putin, but Xi Jinping, seeing such a submissiveness, is probably accelerating preparations for the invasion of Taiwan.
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