MAGA’s mission to meddle in European politics should terrify Starmer, Macron and Merz. Will any of them fight back?

Donald Trump has launched a crusade to convert European politics to his cause, mobilizing the full force of American diplomacy to promote “patriotic” parties, stamp on migration, destroy “censorship” and save “civilization” from decay.

The question is whether Europe’s embattled centrists have the power, or the will, to stop him. In its newly released National Security Strategy document, the White House set out for the first time in a comprehensive form its approach to the geopolitical challenges facing the U.S. and the world.

While bringing peace to Ukraine gets a mention, when it comes to Europe, America’s official stance is now that its security depends on shifting the continent’s politics decisively to the right.

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      4 months ago

      Every time I said this, I get downvoted.

      People on here get really weird about and start downvoting and insulting people who call it X, because they refuse to accept the stupid new name… What are you clinging on to? Twitter is DEAD.

      Yes, the new name, X is stupid. It’s now the Nazi platform X, accept that and stop using the Nazi platform. Your line in the sand is way further back than it should be, you can’t keep using the platform and insist you’re giving the finger to Elon by calling it Twitter.

      Stop using Twitter, accept that Twitter is dead. Stop using the Nazi platform.

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      4 months ago

      Do I get bonus cred for having never used it? I don’t use X, or Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, whateverthefuck.

      I have a Lemmy and Youtube… and before you get all “why not peertube???” because peertube sucks. Sorry, someone has to say it, it’s not there yet, content is subpar.

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      Yea I have no clue why people still use the damn platform. Especially those who hate musk and what bullshit that comes from his mouth…like gtfo the platform, all you’re doing is keeping his revenue going.

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        4 months ago

        Because they fucking suck.

        It just floors me the kind of excuses they come up with.

        Same with leftists still buying Tesla. Which is still a fucking lot.

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          Honestly I figured his shit would tank, most of the magats are on trumps platform now, and we know magats weren’t buying tesla cars…so who’s buying and using his shit…the same people who hate him. Like wtf, they literally have the power to remove a ton of his wealth, but nope.

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      4 months ago

      Or better yet, if you’re a government: stop using it yourself and destroy it for being unlawful.

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      4 months ago

      “Why is the world this way?” says the blue checkmark Tweeter clutching their phone.

      Though to be fair, many are more disingenuous cash farming influencers.

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      The thing is, quitting X is something people can actually do. The core tenet of leftism is to viciously attack any actual leftward action in favour of endless wanking about a glorious revolution that will make everything better for ever and ever. Anything that could produce actual results in the here and now and which doesn’t involve a bloody civil war followed by mass executions must be wholeheartedly opposed.

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        4 months ago

        …and it’s so easy.

        There nothing more irritating than listen to Krystal Ball complain about how Elon ruined groups chats, or whatever she’s addicted to on Twitter…then immediately afterwards platform a leading leftist activist who also uses it.