There is now deadlock in the struggle between a president who would be king and a constitution drafted in repudiation of monarchy. Flattery has been deployed to cajole Trump into renewing Nato vows of mutual assistance and to forestall a total betrayal of Ukraine. Unified European pushback, coupled with market jitters at the prospect of a transatlantic trade war, steered Trump into a climbdown. No democratic leader has fully mastered the art of Trump-whispering because the president doesn’t respect power when it is softly spoken. Europeans don’t get a vote when Americans decide whether or not to repudiate a tyrant and restore their constitution.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2026 06:31 UTC