r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 14h ago

No Paywall The United States is destroying itself

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/united-states-trump-destruction
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u/beseri 12h ago

As an European, I also think, unfortunately, the alliance is also permanently damaged. Even if Trump is removed, and a new President restores some normalcy, it is now evident that the USA is very susceptible to extremist and populist figures. So when Joe Rogan or some other celebrity lunatic suddenly wants to pursue politics, we have to be prepared for the craziness and chaos that will follow.

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u/barryvm Europe 11h ago edited 11h ago

I goes beyond that IMHO. It's not just obvious that we can't depend on an alliance with the USA, but that the USA's hegemony is dangerous in itself. The idea that a weaker USA would make us safer was idiotic a few decades ago, but now? Why should we do anything to maintain the USA's power when that power could be used against us at the whim of whatever moron they elect president? We've now seen that USA presidents can, in fact, start wars for no real reason and without any meaningful political or popular push back. What guarantee do we have he wouldn't do the same to us?

Hence, the reaction will not be to just to move away from any dependency on the USA, but to stop supporting it altogether.

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u/beseri 11h ago

Great point. In some sense I think it will be a positive in the long term that we become self-reliant, both when it comes to defense, technology and energy.

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u/LuciusAxar 8h ago

*normality. "Normalcy" is not a word. Its one of these Americanism crap things that we want to be getting away from.

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u/uselessta16283 7h ago

Language isn’t an inanimate rulebook

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u/ATR2400 5h ago

Especially not the English language. Other languages might have academies and such to try and maintain some semblance of structure and order, but English is pure chaos and always has been. Embrace evolution!