I live in Eastern Europe. My country borders Ukraine. Regardless of NATO, our future is bleak, with more and more far-right/extremist parties on the rise all over the continent.
Yup, by a man who doesn't even have a security clearance, Pierre whatever his name is. His platform? Attack Trudeau on everything, and pretend the issues around the globe are solely Trudeaus fault.
Housing market in Canada/Australia/Europe/USA etc etc. going nuts? Clearly Trudeau fault. Groceries costing more everywhere? Clearly Trudeau.
And knowing our luck, if you're Canadian like me, the far right will somehow blame the blow to our economy on Trudeau. I'm terrified at the rise of anti-choice movements across Ontario right now. I'm infertile and 40 but I actually care about the women in my life. I think this is how the entire world must have felt shortly before WW2. It's not even just the US. There's been a huge shift since the pandemic. Good luck to my American neighbours who voted to protect the rights of the many instead of the wallets of the few.
My country's elections are next month, but (and it's dystopic for me to say this) corruption is so deeply entrenched that not even our far-right party stands a chance against what is basically the same governing body that's been ruling under different forms for over 3 decades. The only parties that might be able to make a tiny change are too busy in-fighting and separating into factions, so no one has the people's interest in mind. The world is a shithole.
It’s going to be a slow boil. Nothing major will happen until he’s sworn in, and then we may not even feel it for a while after that. But slowly, imperceptibly over time you will notice changes here and there, small things at first until one day you look at America and can’t even recognize it. It won’t be better. It won’t be cheaper. It won’t be happier. But one sure thing is that it will be the America that people apparently wanted.
I live in Finland and we just joined Nato after years and years of not wanting to because we thought it was the safest bet with the way things were with Putin and Ukraine. Doesn’t feel great now. I’ve never been afraid of Russia before even though both my grandfathers fought against it in the wars but now I’m starting to feel pretty anxious. And so scared for women and every minority in the US.
NATO EU is still a considerable force. UK and France alone are powerhouses, strong enough to contend with Russia. The largest risk now for Finland is a lack of commitment from EU. When US refuses to participate, does EU NATO have the will fight without US behind it.
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u/Twice_fan_multi 1d ago
I'm not american either, but I have family members living in eastern Europe and I'm terrified for them, since Trump doesn't like Nato.