“Europe is at a crucial juncture of its history. The American shield is slipping away, Ukraine risks being abandoned, and Russia is being strengthened. Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service.This is a tragedy for the free world, but it’s first and foremost a tragedy for the United States. President Donald Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose, because he will not defend you, he will impose more tariffs on you than on his enemies, and he will threaten to seize your territories, while supporting the dictators who invade you.”
“Is this the end of the Atlantic alliance? The risk is great. But in recent days, Zelensky’s public humiliation and all the crazy decisions taken over the past month have finally stirred Americans into action. Poll numbers are plummeting. Republican elected officials are greeted by hostile crowds in their constituencies. Even Fox News is becoming critical.
The Trumpists are no longer at the height of glory. They control the executive branch, Congress, the Supreme Court, and social media. But in American history, the supporters of freedom have always won. They are starting to raise their heads.
The fate of Ukraine will be decided in the trenches, but it also depends on those who defend democracy in the United States, and here, on our ability to unite Europeans and find the means for our common defense, to make Europe the power it once was and hesitates to become again.
Our parents defeated fascism and communism at the cost of great sacrifice. The task of our generation is to defeat the totalitarianisms of the 21st century. Long live free Ukraine, long live democratic Europe.”
Finally a non-fatalist! Time to get people fired up
mostanonymousnick on
>Malhuret is the former mayor of the town of Vichy
I guess he must know something about traitors then.
SleeplessInPlano on
Lies, Nero didn’t do anything that patrician propaganda said he did.
Maximilianne on
>Trumpists control the supreme court
Haha yes. Tired of entertaining the braindead folks who insist the justices aren’t political
Xeynon on
I mean, he’s not wrong, but it’s actually worse than that, because Nero wasn’t elected by a complacent, apathetic electorate, and he didn’t set Rome on fire himself, he just watched it burn. Even if Trump dies tomorrow we Americans will still have big problems because the societal forces that made his rise to power possible are still around.
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“Europe is at a crucial juncture of its history. The American shield is slipping away, Ukraine risks being abandoned, and Russia is being strengthened. Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service.This is a tragedy for the free world, but it’s first and foremost a tragedy for the United States. President Donald Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose, because he will not defend you, he will impose more tariffs on you than on his enemies, and he will threaten to seize your territories, while supporting the dictators who invade you.”
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“Is this the end of the Atlantic alliance? The risk is great. But in recent days, Zelensky’s public humiliation and all the crazy decisions taken over the past month have finally stirred Americans into action. Poll numbers are plummeting. Republican elected officials are greeted by hostile crowds in their constituencies. Even Fox News is becoming critical.
The Trumpists are no longer at the height of glory. They control the executive branch, Congress, the Supreme Court, and social media. But in American history, the supporters of freedom have always won. They are starting to raise their heads.
The fate of Ukraine will be decided in the trenches, but it also depends on those who defend democracy in the United States, and here, on our ability to unite Europeans and find the means for our common defense, to make Europe the power it once was and hesitates to become again.
Our parents defeated fascism and communism at the cost of great sacrifice. The task of our generation is to defeat the totalitarianisms of the 21st century. Long live free Ukraine, long live democratic Europe.”
Finally a non-fatalist! Time to get people fired up
>Malhuret is the former mayor of the town of Vichy
I guess he must know something about traitors then.
Lies, Nero didn’t do anything that patrician propaganda said he did.
>Trumpists control the supreme court
Haha yes. Tired of entertaining the braindead folks who insist the justices aren’t political
I mean, he’s not wrong, but it’s actually worse than that, because Nero wasn’t elected by a complacent, apathetic electorate, and he didn’t set Rome on fire himself, he just watched it burn. Even if Trump dies tomorrow we Americans will still have big problems because the societal forces that made his rise to power possible are still around.