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"During Donald Trump’s first administration, commentators sagely advised that
his words, were to be “taken seriously, not literally”. Experience suggests
that formula puts the cart before the horse.
A new US
National Security Strategy and a series of comments from US
officials, presidential proxies and Trump himself, have culminated in what
could be one of the most profound crises for Atlanticism, the security doctrine
that has sustained peace and democracy in Europe since the end of the second
world war.
Where Trump’s point of departure was once the failure of Europe to contribute
sufficiently to its own security, he has now embraced a more alarming vision.
Coloured both by racism and a staggering contempt for Europe’s political
institutions and leaders, he has warned of the risk of civilisational collapse
on a continent he barely knows, and that he has viewed more often from the
window of an armoured sedan.
His interview with
Politico, lacking in any clear ideological coherence, is
replete with something else: the confused fear of an ageing white man
confronted with a changing world.
A paranoid Maga worldview is behind the horrors of America’s own immigration,
policing and other policies under Trump – and has driven an effort to erase
Black experience and representation.
Now – it is clear – those fears are Washington’s prism for understanding
Europe.
From this perspective, immigration from the developing world causes a dilution
of European countries, making them “weak” under “stupid” leaders and setting
the circumstances for their own demise. It is an unabashedly racist theory,
with Trump and his circle making clear their prescription is that far-right
European parties are to be supported.
While the broad sweep of Trump’s race baiting in general is not a revelation,
it is important to understand its meaning in the wider context of European
security."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
