Europe has fallen on the dead weight of its own social welfare. Will America be next? The Democratic Party and millions of fans of Mamdani are certainly trying. It is insane for those on the right to oppose Trump in the name of preserving the democratic norm. That norm will turn America into Europe in our own life time (I am 65)
Like most thinkers in the "new" right, Tony makes clear his disdain for our now former western allies. MAGA has made clear their antipathy toward democracies, be they in Europe, East Asia, or elsewhere. They're much more comfortable with fellow authoritarian regimes, hence our new alliance with Russia, the love affair with Orban, the endorsement of the fringe ADF party in Germany, etc. All of this is to the benefit of China, who MAGA ironically likes to finger as our most important adversary.
The "new" right has been successful in jettisoning our former allies and embarking on an America Alone strategery. They seek a return to a 19th century, multi-polar, might makes right world. Our sights have been lowered to dominance of the western hemisphere, with Russia and China left to dominate Europe and Asia. Stephen Miller has laid this case out explicitly.
The implications of this "new" approach have recently become clear. We stand alone in MAGA's disastrous Middle East war with only Israel as an ally (sadly an ally with different strategic goals than ours, assuming we even have a strategery). And our president's hat in hand pilgrimage to China exposed an America that had lost its former partners, greatly weakening the president's hand in his talks with Xi. China's scale dwarfs ours if we stand alone, with scale being a major determinant of major power conflict. With our former allies, we met or even exceeded China's scale. I'd rather have had our president face Xi with a phalanx of allies at our back.
Don has eliminated the former world order. Let's hope he knows how to build a new one. Judging from his daily incoherent bleats and slurred public statements, I'm not optimistic. He's far more focused on pocketing corrupt loot, pursuing political enemies, and plastering his name on things.
Germany right now has a projected budget to build tanks and APCs to the tune of 29 billion and a yearly budget of 125B, that's USD. Lots of thick steel coffins. I'd think these days things are drones but what do I know.
Germany might get energy again if Russia has a turnover of government. I'd think the Russian economy will be horrible for a long time even after they get rid of Putin.
Constantini's commentary makes good sense. The one concern I have is, "What are his loyalties?" Is he a Trumpist, a MAGA puppet, or an independent thinker? This is a pervasive problem these days, viz., how to sift through the mountain of undemocratic, kleptocratic, mindless crap that comes out of Trump's administration and it's fellow travellers to ferret out any worthwhile ideas. Can anyone illuminate whether Constantini is a MAGA puppet?
Europe has fallen on the dead weight of its own social welfare. Will America be next? The Democratic Party and millions of fans of Mamdani are certainly trying. It is insane for those on the right to oppose Trump in the name of preserving the democratic norm. That norm will turn America into Europe in our own life time (I am 65)
Like most thinkers in the "new" right, Tony makes clear his disdain for our now former western allies. MAGA has made clear their antipathy toward democracies, be they in Europe, East Asia, or elsewhere. They're much more comfortable with fellow authoritarian regimes, hence our new alliance with Russia, the love affair with Orban, the endorsement of the fringe ADF party in Germany, etc. All of this is to the benefit of China, who MAGA ironically likes to finger as our most important adversary.
The "new" right has been successful in jettisoning our former allies and embarking on an America Alone strategery. They seek a return to a 19th century, multi-polar, might makes right world. Our sights have been lowered to dominance of the western hemisphere, with Russia and China left to dominate Europe and Asia. Stephen Miller has laid this case out explicitly.
The implications of this "new" approach have recently become clear. We stand alone in MAGA's disastrous Middle East war with only Israel as an ally (sadly an ally with different strategic goals than ours, assuming we even have a strategery). And our president's hat in hand pilgrimage to China exposed an America that had lost its former partners, greatly weakening the president's hand in his talks with Xi. China's scale dwarfs ours if we stand alone, with scale being a major determinant of major power conflict. With our former allies, we met or even exceeded China's scale. I'd rather have had our president face Xi with a phalanx of allies at our back.
Don has eliminated the former world order. Let's hope he knows how to build a new one. Judging from his daily incoherent bleats and slurred public statements, I'm not optimistic. He's far more focused on pocketing corrupt loot, pursuing political enemies, and plastering his name on things.
Good luck America.
I am not upset that Germany cannot rearm. They are nothing but trouble. I am also not upset that they are self-implementing the Morganthau plan.
Germany right now has a projected budget to build tanks and APCs to the tune of 29 billion and a yearly budget of 125B, that's USD. Lots of thick steel coffins. I'd think these days things are drones but what do I know.
Germany might get energy again if Russia has a turnover of government. I'd think the Russian economy will be horrible for a long time even after they get rid of Putin.
Constantini's commentary makes good sense. The one concern I have is, "What are his loyalties?" Is he a Trumpist, a MAGA puppet, or an independent thinker? This is a pervasive problem these days, viz., how to sift through the mountain of undemocratic, kleptocratic, mindless crap that comes out of Trump's administration and it's fellow travellers to ferret out any worthwhile ideas. Can anyone illuminate whether Constantini is a MAGA puppet?
So good ideas don't count if they come from a Trump adjacent place?