Donald Trump is not yet the 47the President of the United States that he has already shaken up the international order by mistreating his European and Canadian allies, but the traditional American policy of rivalry and hostility against China and Russia should continue, experts say.
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Likewise in the Middle East and in multilateral matters, specialists are betting on a certain continuity between the Biden and Trump administrations.
Robert Benson, of the Center for American Progress analysis center, thinks that Donald Trump has already been right to continue to “identify the threats posed by a revanchist Russia and an expansionist China”, in the wake of outgoing President Joe Biden.
But Donald Trump “is completely missing the point by alienating our allies, by pushing Europeans to distance themselves from the United States,” says Mr. Benson.
It must be said that Mr. Trump makes thunderous declarations one after the other. He threatened to annex Greenland, said Canada should be the 51ste American state and warned that Washington could regain control of the Panama Canal.
During his first term, the Republican with unpredictable behavior was surrounded by those whom the press had nicknamed the “adults in the room”: his advisers at the White House and secretaries of State and ministers of Defense.
-For the new Trump administration, Mike Waltz and Marco Rubio, future national security advisers and secretary of state are considered more moderate and skillful Republicans than other future Trumpist ministers.
Don’t give up on Ukraine
On Monday, taking stock, outgoing President Joe Biden judged that the United States was “in the lead in international competition” and would “never” be supplanted by China.
He also pleaded not to “abandon” Ukraine, while his successor threatened to interrupt military support.
But while Mr. Trump had promised to end the war “in 24 hours,” he is no longer so assertive. His future envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is a respected retired military man, and Mike Waltz has spoken of continuing aid to Kyiv to guarantee it a better position in a diplomatic negotiation.
Continuity
European diplomats therefore think that there could be a form of continuity between the diplomacies of MM. Biden and Trump.
An Italian MP, Lia Quartapelle, said she was pleasantly “surprised” by her recent visit with European parliamentarians to Washington.
The American Republicans met “had a clear idea of the interests of the United States while being open to discussion, starting with continued support for Ukraine,” she stressed.
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