A dream for some, a nightmare for others… The arrival of Trump in power is the result of a fundamental upheaval in American politics, points out the Los Angeles Times : « a significant change in atmosphere », Exclaims the major West Coast daily. Indeed, everything has changed… “ The right now dominates social networks; big companies are looking for an opportunity to return to the center after moving to the left; Trump took advantage of a phenomenon of male backlash against a supposedly feminized culture; Joe Biden allowed Trump to remain the center of attention during his own presidency ».
Furthermore, the newspaper continues, “American conservatism has changed its skin; the rules that governed what a politician could or could not do no longer seem valid. The electorate itself is simply different today: Roosevelt’s coalition is gone, the white working class is now conservative, as are the Latino and black classes. Republicans have figured out how to talk to these voters ».
What’s more, still points out the Los Angeles Times, « the MAGA principle, making America great again, is part of a larger global phenomenon. Populism and nationalism are on the rise in Europe, Latin America and India ».
This is just the beginning…
Result: Trump is in power and began yesterday to sign dozens of decrees onimmigrationl’energy or even the climate. « And this is just the beginning », says the Washington Post. « Donald Trump has shown his determination to act as quickly as possible to keep his campaign promises ».
Among these decrees, the pardon granted to almost all the Capitol rioters… “ In defiance of the law », lightning le New York Times. « A massive pardon which effectively makes a mockery of a judicial system which worked for four years to indict nearly 1,600 people. A collective pardon that sends a message to the country and the world that breaking the law to support Trump and his movement has been rewarded. A pardon that loudly proclaims that violence is a perfectly legitimate form of political expression and that no price should be paid by those who sought to disrupt a sacred constitutional transfer of power ».
Change of tone for the Wall Street Journalconservative economic daily… The Wall Street Journal who states that “ the 47th president of the United StatesUnited States yesterday delivered a message of optimism that most Americans will welcome ».
Nightmare…
Conversely, in most European newspapers, it is dismay that dominates… “ The nightmare begins », sighs Guardian in London.
-The evening in Brussels is outraged: “the new world order, here we are: an objective, a master and vassals. Trump’s America will now engage the world by placing its national interests, and only them, above all else ».
Yes, the “ nightmare » adds Liberation in Paris. “ Sad spectacle at the Capitol yesterday, where the Republican ghost, during his inauguration speech, did not hesitate to pour out without restraint his resentment against his predecessor and other excesses. A taste of the violent policies that lie ahead ».
Time in Geneva is just as worried: “ with the neo-imperialist tones of Trump, who announced yesterday that he wanted to take back the Panama Canal, with the unprecedented influence of Big Tech oligarchs on the Oval Office and all the conflicts of interest that can result from it, American democracy is at a tipping point. And many Democrats around the world think that it will not swing to the right side ».
Almighty Trump, finally underlines the Corriere Della Sera in Rome: “ as Biden flies into the Californian sun, former Democratic presidents depart in silence and Hillary Clinton shakes her head, we see no one who can challenge the suppression of rights and conflicts of interest in the face of the triumphal march of the Trumpian “new advance” ».
… or « grand design » ?
Finally, another story for Le Figaro in Paris which insists on “ the force of Donald Trump’s words which sometimes surpasses that of the action in the “Maga” universe, authorizing the new prresident to proclaim that, as a result of its “national state of emergency at the southern border, (…) all illegal entries will stop immediately”. Likewise, America once again becomes, through its decision, a respected power with an unrivaled army, which “finishes the current wars” and refrains from “participating in others”, a “rich nation” swimming in oil , a society of “pioneers and innovators” who will soon go to Mars. We can only wish him, concludes Le Figaro, to succeed in this great Reaganian design ».
