He is not yet in power and the American bully is already destabilizing his system and relations with reliable partners.
If some observers still claim that it is not serious or that it is only a negotiation tactic, at least two files already seem very worrying to me.
Zuckerberg imite Musk
We learned yesterday that Meta’s big boss, Mark Zuckerberg, was stopping fact-checking in the United States. It is less this decision than the arguments put forward that disturb me.
It’s one thing to say that combating misinformation is a daunting and expensive task, but it’s another to seriously argue that the fact-checkers were too biased.
Think about that for a second. We have diverse, often diametrically opposed opinions, but we have, or should, all have the same facts!
We are not talking here about an illusory quest for THE “truth”, simply about distinguishing a reality from a chimera.
The worlds of education and media are more than ever bulwarks against disinformation.
X, Facebook or TikTok have become the main sources of information and we allow, in the name of freedom of expression, comments to proliferate against which we would take action if they were expressed elsewhere.
It is not propaganda to point out lies, racism, misogyny, homophobia or transphobia.
-We should all be concerned about the fact that Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg and several others, despite being extremely rich and powerful, are licking the boots of the president-elect in the hope of eliminating the few existing counterweights that limit their almost total domination.
The Canadian test
For the first time yesterday, Justin Trudeau, Mélanie Joly and Pierre Poilievre reacted more vigorously to the threats that Trump is looming over Canada. It’s about time, but it’s undeniably not enough.
Rather than attacking what should be the United States’ real rivals, China and Russia, the 47e president shakes the cage of Panama, Mexico, Greenland and Canada.
During the most recent free trade negotiations, the Trudeau-Freeland duo ignored Trump’s ill-timed remarks, instead focusing on the work at the negotiating table. It’s not enough anymore.
If Canada gives in to the bully, the bully, Trump will have passed a first test. If Canada does not resist, what message will we send to the other NATO countries? To other economic or diplomatic allies of the Americans? To countries that still believe in an international rule of law?
Not only must Canada stand up, it must issue a call for resistance to all those who can be allies in the face of intimidation.
These allies can be American states with which we have had good ties for a long time, but especially those which, already worried about the progression of China, must remind the American giant that it can no longer dominate alone.
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