„The evidence grows. So does the threat. Planned or not, Trump and Putin – like-minded, amoral, authoritarian apex predators – are working together, or at least in parallel, to undercut European democracy, security, prosperity and progressive values. It looks like a concerted pincer movement. It feels like 1939.“
Schlagwort: theguardian.com
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„A whole series of international orthodoxies have been overturned by the Ukraine war and now the second Trump presidency. And one of them might be a UK edging further into the European spotlight. On those terms at least, Britain is back.“
via Britain is back: did Ukraine crisis talks create a post-Brexit turning point? | theguardian.com
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„In a real sense, US democracy has died this month. It doesn’t mean it’s dead for the long term but at this moment the idea of an accountable representative system, as the framers of the constitution wrote it, is no longer present.“
via ‘In a real sense, US democracy has died’: how Trump is emulating Hungary’s Orbán | theguardian.com
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“This is a deliberate strategy. Shock and awe. You try to do so much on so many fronts so quickly as to confuse and overwhelm the opposition through volume and speed to make it impossible to unite in resistance. Think of it as a blitzkrieg,” Galston said.
via Wrecking ball: Trump’s power-hungry orders wage war on US government | theguardian.com
Trump hat dies mindestens schon 12 Monate vor seinem Amtsantritt angekündigt. Wer ist da jetzt überrascht? Das könnt ihr euch nicht leisten, wer jetzt überrascht ist – und nicht vorbereitet – wird das nicht überleben.