"Donald Trump hasn’t hidden the fact that he disdains Europe, even to bemoaning that 'Paris is no longer Paris.' But his—and, by extension, America’s—role in sowing discord on the continent seems far greater than what is publicly known."

~ Bulwark

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thebulwark.com/p/trumps-hand-p…

Trump’s Hand-Picked RNC Chair Predicts Doom

This is not your usual party committee script.

^{Andrew Egger (The Bulwark)}

"What should have been clear as early as November 2024 should, by now, be abundantly so. This version of the US is worse than simply 'not our friend': it is an actively hostile actor seeking to fracture European society in the same way that Russia sought to fracture British society by promoting Brexit, and US society by fuelling disinformation, Maga and Trump."

~ Alexander Hurst

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If the US forces me to choose between my two nationalities, I choose France – and Europe

Proposals to change US citizenship rules leaves dual citizens like me caught in the crossfire. If push comes to shove, I know where my loyalty lies, says Guardian columnist Alexander Hurst

^{Alexander Hurst (The Guardian)}

"The four EU countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details reported by the US defence website Defense One."

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"The Trump administration wants to persuade four more countries to leave the European Union to 'Make Europe Great Again', according to reports of a longer, still-classified version of the US national security strategy released last week.

There are also suggestions of creating a new elite C5, or Core Five, forum of world powers to sideline the G7, comprising America, China, India, Japan and Russia."

~ David Charter

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"The strategy proposes a 'Core 5,' or C5, made up of the U.S., China, Russia, India and Japan—which are several of the countries with more than 100 million people. It would meet regularly, as the G7 does, for summits with specific themes."

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"Over the summer, President Trump made headlines when he lamented the expulsion of Russia from the Group of Eight—now the Group of Seven—as a 'very big mistake.' He even suggested that he’d like to see China added to form a 'G9.'

His national security strategy proposes taking this a step further, creating a new body of major powers, one that isn’t hemmed in by the G7’s requirements that the countries be both wealthy and democratically governed."

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