For Trump in Paris a showcase as commander in chief | EUROtoday

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An exit as head of state on the peak of his powers, a debut on the good worldwide scene, as disruptive as it’s irregular, for Donald Trump who confirmed up in Paris together with his trusted pal Elon Musk at his facet.

There is greater than a month left till he takes workplace within the White House, however he, Trump, is already the commander in chief: in an anomalous transition of energy, by no means seen earlier than, the chief of the suitable, after having triumphed within the elections of November 5, has already been appearing just like the president of the United States for weeks. The precept one president at a timehas been trampled upon, or moderately overturned: Joe Biden, the aged president, defeated and forgotten however nonetheless in workplace, is the previous. While Trump is already the president, the one president: he intervenes immediately, day-after-day, within the crises within the Middle East and Ukraine, speaks with leaders and diplomats from all over the world, advances together with his financial agenda, threatening commerce tariffs towards Canada , Mexico and China.

The trilateral assembly, on the Elysée on Saturday 7 December, with Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky is a solution to reiterate who’s in cost in Washington and past, in addition to the hassle to “end the war in 48 hours”, as promised through the electoral marketing campaign. In the earlier days, behind the scenes additionally by way of Superminister Musk, the brand new administration’s talks with Iranian diplomats had taken place. But it was from Paris that Trump confirmed the road introduced on conflicts within the Middle East, past his unconditional help for Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli authorities: «Syria is a catastrophe, however it isn’t our pal, and the United States shouldn’t don’t have anything to do with this. This just isn’t our combat. Let’s let the scenario develop. Let’s not become involved”, commented the tycoon on his social network Truth.

The principle America Firstas we had already understood, transforms the United States into a power that moves, in a declared way, only in its own interests. We are starting from scratch – this is also the Trump anomaly – in relations with allies, with Europe. As well as in the clash with China, the real opponent for the global leadership of the new America.

In worldwide balances, Trump strikes like a gunslinger in a saloon. And this bravado might additionally carry outcomes, it actually can carry them within the quick time period. The leaders of the world worry him, they do not know the best way to take him, they compete to curry favor with him. Canadian Justin Trudeau, to cease the escalation of tariffs, has already been pressured to fly to Mar-a-Lago, nearly prostrating himself in entrance of Trump. While within the glittering rebirth of Notre-Dame, Macron, in the hunt for protagonism, wished the Donald within the entrance row.