He had promised the “first 100 days the most extraordinary of any presidency in American history” and they indeed left no one indifferent. Deemed unpredictable or Machiavellian, Donald Trump has continued to shake up the world order, between trade war, Ukrainian file and radical decrees. However, barely 39 % of Americans approve how the billionaire drives the country, the lowest figure obtained by a President of the United States in the CAP of 100 days for 80 years. For many, his outrageousness does not pass.
Latest, five days before the start of the conclave which will have to designate the next pope, Trump broadcast on Friday on social networks a portrait of him, generated by artificial intelligence, dressed in papal outfit. But it is also his desires to appropriate Greenland, to reopen Alcatraz, or to perhaps not respect the Constitution that worry. If he claims to not want to run for a third term, he indeed fears a dictatorial drift.
Faced with him, France and Europe counterattack. Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen attended the “Choose Europe for Science” conference on Monday which aims to attract foreign scientists, especially the Americans who oppose Trump’s policy. 500 million euros will be released to “make Europe a center of attraction”. It is also a question of protecting the data of American researchers, the administration eraser everything that affects policies deemed too progressive, such as the fight against global warming.
Meanwhile, in Romania, George Simion, candidate of the far right and fan of Trump, is in the second round of the presidential election. On May 18, he will face in the second round the centrist and pro-European Nicusor Dan, mayor of Bucharest. With 40% of the votes in the first round, George Simion’s dynamics confirms the nationalist push in this country as in the rest of Europe.
So what follow -up for Trump’s presidency? How can Europe protect American scientists? Will the next Romanian president be far-right?
The experts:
– James André – Grand Reporter to France 24
– Dominique Moïsi – Geopolitologist, special advisor at the Montaigne Institute, former professor at Harvard
– Gallagher Fenwick – Grand Reporter, specialist in international questions, author of “Volodymyr Zelensky: Ukraine in the blood”
– Caroline de Camaret – editor -in -chief Europe at France 24
