A great piece but although Trump sounded confused and at times during his speech at Davos he doesn’t have anyone surrounding him with the guts or even the desire to challenge him. Every time anyone dares to disagree he threatens them with litigation or some other weapon. He has the judiciary under his thumb, the press, the wealthy oligarchs and a strong MAGA base. I hope that If a similar organisation such as ICE started executing protesters there would be hell to pay. Although, maybe not, given there are people in prison starving due to be arrested for supporting Palestine. We live in a world that is now undemocratic supporting genocidal regimes which has been inevitably kowtowing to the USA. We in the UK and Europe must now bite the very painful economic bullet and unshackle ourselves from America. It will hurt and take a long time but surely we can build a better and freer country without the USA’s malignant influence. It’s aggression, corruption, violence and above all its arrogance believing it is so big, powerful and wonderful the west cannot survive without it. We must try and now is the time!
Superb framign of Europe's strategic response. The refusal to lend any credance to his Greenland negotiation demands was textbook deterrence without escalation. I ran a similar stakeholder analysis on the Canada/Mexico tarrif threats last month and the patern is identical, all bluster until someone actualy holds firm. The Davos torches were perfect optics for showing that transnational solidarity isn't just rhetorical.
"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time", British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey remarked to a friend on the eve of the United Kingdom's entry into the First World War.
One of my American friends shared the article with her 96 year old father. Her father had already heard about the torches in the Swiss Alps. He took part in the last ‘No Kings’ demonstration. I find the videos of old people, who’ve never been on a demo in their life before, heading out with placards, sometimes in wheelchairs, so moving
A great piece but although Trump sounded confused and at times during his speech at Davos he doesn’t have anyone surrounding him with the guts or even the desire to challenge him. Every time anyone dares to disagree he threatens them with litigation or some other weapon. He has the judiciary under his thumb, the press, the wealthy oligarchs and a strong MAGA base. I hope that If a similar organisation such as ICE started executing protesters there would be hell to pay. Although, maybe not, given there are people in prison starving due to be arrested for supporting Palestine. We live in a world that is now undemocratic supporting genocidal regimes which has been inevitably kowtowing to the USA. We in the UK and Europe must now bite the very painful economic bullet and unshackle ourselves from America. It will hurt and take a long time but surely we can build a better and freer country without the USA’s malignant influence. It’s aggression, corruption, violence and above all its arrogance believing it is so big, powerful and wonderful the west cannot survive without it. We must try and now is the time!
Exactly what i needed to read.
Thank You.
Superb framign of Europe's strategic response. The refusal to lend any credance to his Greenland negotiation demands was textbook deterrence without escalation. I ran a similar stakeholder analysis on the Canada/Mexico tarrif threats last month and the patern is identical, all bluster until someone actualy holds firm. The Davos torches were perfect optics for showing that transnational solidarity isn't just rhetorical.
"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time", British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey remarked to a friend on the eve of the United Kingdom's entry into the First World War.
Thanks Mark. Much appreciated.
There is hope...Trump and the rest of his Regime were embarrassed today at Davos !
Wow... exceptional (I'd like to say more but my editor needs me to cut platitudes)
You know how it goes....Hope springs eternal.
Sent this on to American friends in America. Hopefully encourage them
One of my American friends shared the article with her 96 year old father. Her father had already heard about the torches in the Swiss Alps. He took part in the last ‘No Kings’ demonstration. I find the videos of old people, who’ve never been on a demo in their life before, heading out with placards, sometimes in wheelchairs, so moving