“Donald Trump hates Europe, particularly Germany, and despises the French”

Interview The return of the Republican tycoon to the White House risks shaking the world. Starting with the Old Continent, where he promises to resolve the war in Ukraine in “24 hours”. To what extent? Responses from François Heisbourg, special advisor to the Foundation for Strategic Research.

It is undoubtedly the come-back the most impressive in the history of the 21st^e century. No analyst or pollster would have predicted this until recently. Even the fine connoisseurs of the New World had not dared to suggest it. And yet, it was Donald Trump who, after presiding the United States from 2017 to 2021, pushed the country into insurrection and found himself involved in several legal cases – one of which resulted in a criminal conviction. –, won not only the vote of the electors but also – and unlike 2016 – the popular vote against his Democratic rival Kamala Harris. The Republican tycoon will return to the White House in January for a second term. A return that provokes many questions around the world. Particularly on the Old Continent.

Energy, trade, finance, defense… Relations between Europe and the United States, which should close under a Trump presidency, could seriously suffer. The billionaire's re-election also plunges Ukraine, which is facing the large-scale invasion launched by Moscow in February 2022, into the unknown. In recent weeks, the Republican has continued to praise his good relations with Vladimir Putin's Russia, while…