The electoral deadline is approaching, Trump has still not been convicted in his riskiest trials and the polls consistently point towards a fierce fight or a slight advantage for the 45e president.
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Joe Biden’s health problems, real or alleged, are also making headlines elsewhere in the world.
In recent weeks, many leaders are accelerating preparations to ward off the Democrat’s defeat.
The Biden administration has made great efforts to provide leadership among allies, although multiple crises complicate the operation. Moreover, as soon as he took office in 2021, leaders asked the 46e president for how long Americans could be trusted.
NATO and the European Union: perceptible fear
You probably read it this weekend, in one of his most recent rants, Donald Trump claims to have already informed a NATO member country that if his country does not increase its contributions to the organization, it could break the clause that when one member is attacked, the others come to its defense.
In addition to denying what constitutes the fundamental element of this alliance, the former president would have been even more threatening by saying that he would go so far as to tell Russian President Vladimir Putin to do “whatever the hell they want“. Putin could thus give free rein to his desires for revenge or expansion, the American president would not give a damn.
Whether Trump was serious or whether it was just one of his intimidation strategies, the mere mention of such a scenario is more than disturbing, it would be confirmation that the order in place since the Second War is collapsing at great speed.
As Quebecers and Canadians, the prospect of such an attitude from our greatest economic and military ally should make us nervous. Already, we weigh less in the balance, but a cordial and complementary approach is essential for the relationship to remain healthy.
Putin and the useful idiot
As early as September 2020, I mentioned that Donald Trump was Vladimir Putin’s useful idiot. The complacent interview with Tucker Carlson, ally of the 45e president, only confirmed to me that the Russian leader would applaud a victory for someone who has already preferred his word to that of the CIA.
Examples of international leaders and leaders expressing serious reservations about the election of the Republican have been coming for months and everything has become more pronounced recently. Trudeau, Macron, Olaf Scholz, Christine Lagarde and Volodymyr Zelensky are just a few names in a long list of decision-makers for whom the return of Trump is synonymous with chaos and weakening.
You are not convinced? So, take note that among the leaders who hope for the return of the bittern, we find Putin, but also Viktor Oran and Benjamin Netanyahu. Xi Jinping must also have noted that Biden’s rival has no sympathy for Taiwan.
This bodes well for democracy.