The greater the strains within the western alliance, the better he likes it, especially if – as intelligence reports suspect – Russia plans a large-scale hybrid warfare provocation in Poland or the Baltic republics.
And if anyone doubts China’s attitude, just look at last week’s submarine-launched long-range missile test in the South Pacific.
Like anxious Japan and Taiwan, President Xi Jinping is closely studying Trump’s theatre of chaos.
China is already a huge beneficiary, economically and in terms of soft power leverage. Sooner or later, Xi will cash in militarily.
The Trump conundrum is ultimately one for the American people to resolve. They elected him.
They saddled the world with this dangerous monster. It’s they who may ultimately pay the highest price for his depredations.
Like Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers back in 1776, we, the people of the world, hold these truths to be self-evident: far from making America great again, Trump makes it smaller, meaner, unhappier, more divided, isolated and unloved.
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Urgently needed now: a 2026 declaration of independence from Trump.
