GftNC
So much is happening in the world, and with (as Tina Brown called him) a berserk brontosaurus in the White House, the topics of possible interest seem endless. The Florida election after which Mar-a-Lago and Trump are now represented by a Democrat? The insider betting on the timing of US military (and PR) actions? The incomprehensible (/s) fact that the state most benefitting from the current situation is Putin’s Russia?
Open Thread, as I mentioned
I think Trump has provoked a deep and lasting change in European attitudes to the USA. It’s unprecedented in the last century for a British Prime Minister to invite the US President to foxtrot oscar, however politely. And there have been more robust rejections from France, Italy, etc. Almost every country is looking for a new world order, in both trade and defence, less dependent on the US.
There’s a concurrent and welcome decline in the fortunes of far-right parties in Europe supported by Trump. There’s a good chance that Orban will lose the forthcoming election in Hungary, despite his cheating. More parochially, the deeply unpleasant Reform party is now odds against to have the most seats after the next UK general election (a hung parliament is odds on).
It’s way beyond the “assume” stage at this point.
Alternatively, if you feel a need to assume something: