The self -proclaimed president “Make America Great Again” is Again backwards back A few bad days in his chaotic quest for this national quantity ever defined. And again, Donald Trump is ashamed of what East (Was?) A large nation.
With punitive prices this week, he does not make his promises “Golden age” But a world trade war. As expected, consumers and companies are collateral damage, faced with higher prices, dismissals, depressed retirement accounts and recession fears. A few “Liberation day.”
In addition, Trump oversees the summaries, detentions and deportations of migrants who lack similar to regular constitutional procedure. His agents sweep legal residents in their opaque nets, labeling the whole unidentified lot as terrorists and ships most of them by plane to a Salvadorian megaprison. Dozens of families argue that the government is mistaken, and this week, the Trump administration unusual grant To an “administrative error”, he told a federal judge that it had misunderstood a Man Maryland, 29, After leaving work and picking up his 5 -year -old son, who is autism.
And yet, the same US government who pays millions of El Salvador to do his dirty job – and whose president is a strong brand – told court that he could not bring out Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from foreign prison and return home to Maryland.
Less noticed in the middle of economic chaos and extrajudicial deportations is another parody which strikes the foundation of the proud heritage of the country as a world leader – THE World leader – Since the Second World War: Trump's neocolonial attempt always transactional from Ukraine's extortion of its wealth of oil, gas, critical minerals and rare land elements as a reimbursement for the support of the United States in the defense of Ukrainians against the invasion of Russia.
Americans can be distracted, but foreigners and observers of the world market have noticed. While the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, resists Trump's latest unilateral requests, who dropped Bloomberg News on Friday was “the United States seeks to control Ukrainian investment, removing Europe”. More colorful, the London telegraph reported“America holds a pistol at the head of Zelensky with unprecedented requests for repair.” His article cited Alan RileyAn expert in global energy law at the Atlantic Council, who damaged the proposal as “an expropriation document” and added: “I have never seen anything like this before”.
Certainly nothing as it has been seen since 1948, when the United States has solidified its post-war leadership and put the world good will with the Marshall Plan,, which has rebuilt Europe ravaged by war, including former enemies. For four years, President Truman and the Congress provided bipartite aid about $ 175 billion today. During all this time, American politicians persuaded the Americans that the help they paid was neither disinterested nor a gift: by rejecting Europe, the United States recovered markets for its products and stabilized democratic allies to resist new world wars.
As a defender of the law, said Secretary of State George C. Marshall Jr.
How far we fell. It would be necessary to go back several centuries – when the European powers have colonized and looted Africa, Asia and the Americas – to find the model sorry for Trump's attempt to extract the resources of Ukraine (And Greenland)) Evaluated at billions of dollars. But it is worse than Ukraine, a democratic ally, overturned its own blood and its own treasure to resist and weaken Russia, an American adversary, and only asks for aid – not troops – to hold the line against the dreams of the empire of the potential Tsar of Vladimir Putin.
In all honesty, Trump is probably following on Zelensky openings Last year to the Biden administration for American-Ukraine cooperation in the development of minerals and energy wealth in its country. But Zelensky’s offer was still in exchange for an American guarantee of its security, perhaps membership of NATO or American peacekeeping troops. Trump refused to accept this.
The tension on a security guarantee was behind Trump and the vice-president of the Oval Office of February JD Vance–On this Humilié Zelensky and badly words. This debacle has derailed a mineral agreement, but negotiations have resumed in recent weeks. After all, Zelensky does not have much choice – “you don't have the cards,” said Trump.
This is true: the future of Ukraine is based on American aid, despite the discourse of Europe to fill the void.
Trump 55 -page proposal Calls on an investment fund controlled by the United States to develop Ukraine resources, including minerals such as lithium and titanium which are essential for electric cars and other products based on modern technology. From half of Ukraine of all profits, it should reimburse the United States for any past aid – none of which has been provided on these conditions, and most of them went to American defense factories for weapons – more than 4% interest.
All without warranty of American security for Ukraine. And, like the so -called Trump peace talks with Russia, the proposed mineral agreement removes the most faithful European allies in Ukraine, which, unlike its repeated lies, have collectively contributed more In Ukraine that the United States did not do so in return.
Trump Sunday said Journalists that Zelensky “tries to go back” from an agreement. He added, for a thug effect: “If he does it, he has problems. Big, big problems.”
Yes, Zelensky has big problems. But he and his country are proud. Which is more than America that will find itself if Trump has its way.
