{"id":126481,"date":"2024-07-22T06:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T05:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/?p=126481"},"modified":"2024-07-24T11:52:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T10:52:33","slug":"europe-aside-the-world-wants-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelcityscribblings.uk\/wp\/2024\/07\/22\/europe-aside-the-world-wants-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"“Europe aside, the world wants Trump”<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have my differences with Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris. As I said in yesterday’s post<\/strong><\/a>, “I find them a tad soft on Trump [but] even that\u2019s a welcome change from the absurdities of pro Democrat media both sides of the Atlantic.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Selfless decision? He was dragged kicking – and screaming “I’m running the world” <\/em>– to withdraw<\/h6>\n

That softness for Trump betrays both men’s liberal-conservative worldview. While critical of the US oligarchy, they still believe in its potential for democracy, and that a president does run the US Empire. As if its ruling class would entrust that<\/strong> to any one person, or even administration!<\/em><\/p>\n

But I keep returning to this pair as men of principle who bring a reasoned factuality glaringly absent from the debased forms of liberalism espoused by Europe’s political leaders, and our systemically corrupt media<\/strong><\/a> which on anything that truly matters – not least Ukraine and Gaza – fail spectacularly at their avowed job of holding power to account.<\/p>\n

In respect of Ukraine I’d prefer a Trump Administration to anything the Dems could offer. It would have less to lose by ending the slaughter. But I’m too mindful of\u00a0 …<\/p>\n