MAGA’s mission to meddle in European politics should terrify Starmer, Macron and Merz. Will any of them fight back?
Donald Trump has launched a crusade to convert European politics to his cause, mobilizing the full force of American diplomacy to promote “patriotic” parties, stamp on migration, destroy “censorship” and save “civilization” from decay.
The question is whether Europe’s embattled centrists have the power, or the will, to stop him. In its newly released National Security Strategy document, the White House set out for the first time in a comprehensive form its approach to the geopolitical challenges facing the U.S. and the world.
While bringing peace to Ukraine gets a mention, when it comes to Europe, America’s official stance is now that its security depends on shifting the continent’s politics decisively to the right.
You’d think one look at the state of America would be enough to render their propaganda completely meaningless. You’d really think. You would really have those thoughts running through your head. But here comes reality with a steel chair to give you a concussion.
The issue really is one of detecting this interference quickly and calling it out. Brexit passed on the back of foreign election interference, but the evidence is only coming out many years later. If you don’t detect it and call it out, people take it as legitimate discussion of their countrymen.