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Trump’s Nationalism, Rebuked at World War I Ceremony, Is Reshaping Much of Europe
No one has done more to break up the postwar global system in the last couple of years than Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin. As the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I was commemorated on Sunday, Mr. Trump’s brand of “America First” nationalism was rebuked from the podium while he sat stone-faced and unmoved, alienated from some of America’s strongest allies, including his French hosts.
But while he may have been out of step with many of the leaders gathered around him, Mr. Trump remains at the vanguard of forces that are redefining the Western political paradigm in countries like Poland, Hungary, Italy and Turkey. In Britain and Germany, two of the Continent’s major powers, nationalist movements are gaining influence.
“Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism,” President Emmanuel Macron of France said in a speech at the Arc de Triomphe, welcoming the leaders and extolling an old system now under siege. “Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism by saying: ‘Our interest first. Who cares about the others?’”
Recalling the forces that led to World War I, Mr. Macron warned that “the old demons” have been resurfacing and declared that “giving into the fascination for withdrawal, isolationism, violence and domination would be a grave error that future generations would very rightly make us responsible for.”
Mr. Trump, who recently declared himself “a nationalist,” appeared grim as he listened to the speech through an earpiece and clapped only tepidly afterward. He had no speaking role and made no mention of the issues Mr. Macron raised during an address later at a cemetery for American soldiers killed in the war.
What an evil dangerous character, this so called President.
" All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force. " — George Orwell.
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We rescued France from defeat and surrender twice. Charles de Gaulle slapped us in the face and now Macron has done it again.
JUL 11, 2018
When France Pulled the Plug on a Crucial Part of NATO
It was the first major crisis faced by the alliance, and it shook member nations deeply.
ERIN BLAKEMOREThememo was brief—just a few hundred words. The memo was polite. But for President Lyndon Johnson and his NATO allies, it read like a slap in the face.
“France is determined to regain on her whole territory the full exercise of her sovereignty,” wrote French President Charles de Gaulle. The country intended to stop putting its military forces at NATO’s disposal and intended to kick NATO military forces—and those of NATO members—off of its land.
In short, de Gaulle had just done the unthinkable: pulled the plug on a crucial part of NATO.
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https://www.history.com/news/france-nato-withdrawal-charles-de-gaulle
White nationalism is an ideology very similar to that of the Nazis.
Macron’s criticism of Trump is justified. More Americans think like Macron too and are against this hit nationalist crap Trump is peddling.
As for NATO, John Bolton is the one pulling Trump’s strings to disintegrate NATO. Trump has been a biggest critic of NATO.
" All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force. " — George Orwell.
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