THE GUARDIAN: A superpower that once built alliances across the west is dramatically reorienting itself – and so too must its former allies
A superpower that once built alliances across the west is dramatically reorienting itself – and so too must its former allies
Wrapped in a flag and clutching a beer, Marc Fogel looked understandably overwhelmed. The 63-year-old teacher from Pennsylvania was safe at last, freed via prisoner exchange from the Russian jail where he served three and a half years for possessing the marijuana his family says he took for back pain. His homecoming this week was just the kind of heartwarming scene Donald Trump needs to show ordinary Americans that cosying up to Vladimir Putin’s murderous regime could pay off, and the president himself said he hoped it marked “the beginning of a relationship where we can end that war” in Ukraine.
Or to put it another way, hours later his new defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, was in Brussels dictating the effective terms of Ukraine’s surrender, over Ukrainian heads and on terms that a former head of MI6 has called a “golden opportunity” for Putin to walk away. » | Gaby Hinsliff | Friday, February 14, 2025
FA ! Americans are no longer to be trusted, especially under Trump. We Europeans need to be unified and strong, and we need to work hard and fast to make Europe unified and mighty.
Bring Canada into the European Union, and with despatch. Canadians share our European values. Britain, of course, belongs in the European Union, too. And if the English don’t want it, then the UK needs to be broken up to allow England to become a US state so the Scotland, Wales and a united Ireland can be part of the European Union.
The UK shares a language with Americans, but not a mentality. – © Mark Alexander
