Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Thursday November 7, 2024.
Published on 07/11/2024 11:16
Updated on 07/11/2024 11:18
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Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Thursday November 7, 2024. Donald Trump's victory, international reactions, consequences on Europe and the rest of the world, iHe answered questions from Salhia Brakhlia and Jérôme Chapuis.
A “fractured” America
“We are faced with a deeply fractured America. Donald Trump’s victory is clear and clear,” but it's not a tidal wave when compared to historic victories like that of Ronald Reagan.” for Dominique de Villepin. For the former Prime Minister, Donald Trump's victory marks “the profound rejection of the rules”. “We want freedom, all freedom, even if it can in certain cases prove dangerous,” he believes. Dominique de Villepin adds that “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris did not see the excesses of the world we live in coming.”
A “deeply sick” American democracy
For Dominique de Villepin “American democracy is deeply sick.” Donald Trump est “a man who frees himself from all rules and who, from this point of view, is a representative of illiberal democracy. We have an example in Europe with Viktor Orban”. “He is not someone who is going to make democracy his standard to go and defend it in Taiwan, possibly in danger, or other scenes in the world,” believes Dominique de Villepin.
“The world is paralyzed”
“Many expect the worst because what is behind the election of Donald Trump (…) is the restoration of American identity,” according to Dominique de Villepin. Donald Trump wants to make the United States, “the master of the world exercising his domination over the whole world”, for Dominique de Villepin. The former Prime Minister under Jacques Chirac recalls one of the main characteristics of Donald Trump's first term (2017-2021). “Donald Trump, you understand, he is not a man who wants war, he is not a man who believes in military interventions, but he is a man who believes in power and that is even a man who believes in superpower”, according to Dominique de Villepin. As a first direct consequence, Dominique de Villepin evokes the “customs duties” and the “taxes”. The United States has as a weapon “the privilege of the dollar”or even “the possibility of almost unlimited debt. And faced with the economic offensive soon to be launched by Donald Trump, Europe must “be united” et “have an extremely clear roadmap”.
The consequences of the election of Donald Trump on the war in Ukraine
“This is not a war that concerns the United States, according to him. It's a European war.”. He considers that “the United States paid very, very dearly for wars that did not concern them”. “Donald Trump has good relations with Vladimir Putin. He has bad relations with Volodymyr Zelensky.” There are then several possibilities: either “the flow of American weapons stops”so to speak, Donald Trump “genuinely seeks to engage through a number of intermediaries to find the right variable for a settlement”. Donald Trump “has the possibility of promising to Vladimir Putin a lifting of sanctions, a normalization of relations with Russia.”
“When it comes to foreign policy, Donald Trump has few obsessions, but there is a very particular focus: he has a very particular view on Iran,” for Dominique de Villepin. “There is this special relationship with Israel which can lead them to go further. I would say that there is a real question about what the United States could do in the coming months,” concludes Dominique de Villepin.”
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