The old order is gone; the new order is yet to emerge. The one Trump clearly seeks to create is a triumvirate with Russia and China, especially his buddy Putin. And it is an alliance of the authoritarians, internally. It upends everything we are familiar with. the Europeans are just beginning to realize this, with their own authoritarian movements on the rise. Not knowing where that goes is completely understandable. But it is not good.
I could not have said it better myself. In fact, I tried last week in my Substack column Sheathed Sword to say part of what you so intelligently describe: https://sheathedsword.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-west
The old order is gone; the new order is yet to emerge. The one Trump clearly seeks to create is a triumvirate with Russia and China, especially his buddy Putin. And it is an alliance of the authoritarians, internally. It upends everything we are familiar with. the Europeans are just beginning to realize this, with their own authoritarian movements on the rise. Not knowing where that goes is completely understandable. But it is not good.