Part
2 - Different views
Let us
begin by comparing what Trump uttered with what his partners said.
When Trump and May were asked by a journalist what they think about
the flow of immigrants to Europe, Trump brutally and honestly
rendered his populist anti-immigrant position: immigrants are a
threat to the European way of life; they are destabilizing the safety
of our countries and bringing violence and intolerance. So, we should
keep them out.
A
careful listener could easily notice that Theresa May said exactly
the same thing, just in a more diplomatic and "civilized"
way: immigrants bring diversity, they contribute to our welfare, but
we should carefully check whom we let in. Thus, we received a clear
taste of the choice which is more and more the only one presented to
us: direct populist barbarism or a more civilized version of the same
politics, barbarism with a human face.
Generally,
the reactions to Trump from all across the spectrum, including
Republicans and Democrats in the US, were one of global shock and
awe. Which sometimes bordered on pure panic. We heard how Trump is
unreliable and he brings chaos.
For
instance, first he reproached Germany for relying on Russian gas and
thus becoming vulnerable to NATO's supposed enemy, but days later he
praised good relations with Putin.
Then
there are his manners: when meeting the queen, he violated the
protocol of how you behave in the presence of a monarch! And he
doesn't really listen to his democratic partners while being much
more open to the charms of Putin, who is nowadays cast as America's
big enemy.
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