“I have to tell you, Europe has a lot of spirit for this war,” #Trump said. “When I first got involved, I didn’t think they did, but they do.” But Trump never said if he had any spirit for this war. “We have an ocean separating us,” he said, using a classic #isolationist argument that has echoes back to World War I. “This is not Trump’s war. We’re here to get it finished & stopped.”

#geopolitics #TrumpIsWeak #PutinsPuppet

Although Caldwell is not as well known as other snr #Pentagon ofcls, he has played a critical role as an adviser to #Hegseth.
His importance was underscored in a leaked text chain on #Signal disclosed by #TheAtlantic.
In it, Hegseth named Caldwell as the best staff contact for the #NSC as it prepared for the launch of strikes against the Houthis.
Caldwell had drawn attention…for past views that critics have called #isolationist, but which advocates said sought to right-size America's priorities.
America, First

A cartoon for March 30, 2025.

Crooks and Liars

"Today, confronted with an aggressive tyranny and faced with an #isolationist #US, the nation states of #Europe, with #Canada, are attempting to uphold the moral and #political recasting of the world that took place after 1945.

Europe doesn’t need #Trump to form a #westernalliance – and one is already taking shape | Martin Kettle | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/20/europe-donald-trump-western-alliance-nato

#EuropeanPolitics
#americanpolitics
#EuropeanAllies
#Europeanalliance

Europe doesn’t need Trump to form a western alliance – and one is already taking shape

Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian

The most left-wing segment of the population is heavily white, the Pew Research Center has found.

While white Democrats have become even more liberal in recent decades, many working-class voters of color remain moderate to conservative.

These voters say #crime is a major problem, for instance.
They are uncomfortable with the speed of change on #gender #issues (which helps explain why Trump is running so many ads that mention high school trans athletes).
On foreign policy, Black and Hispanic voters have #isolationist instincts, with the Times poll showing that most believe the U.S. “should pay less attention to problems overseas and concentrate on problems here at home.”

#Immigration may be the clearest example.
Many voters of color are unhappy about the high immigration of the last few years. They worry about the impact on their communities and worry that new arrivals are unfairly skipping the line.

In our poll, more than 40 percent of Black and Hispanic voters support “#deporting immigrants living in the United States illegally back to their home countries.” Support for a border #wall was similar:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/briefing/hispanic-black-americans-election-poll.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

A Political Misdiagnosis

Democrats imagined that they would become the majority party as America became more racially diverse. It’s not working out that way.

The New York Times

“Just imagine if terrorists turned El Paso & San Diego into ghost towns ... How long would the American government tolerate that?” #Netanyahu said [echoing #Trump’s #nationalist #isolationist rhetoric], shaking his fist in emphasis. “Yet #Israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for almost a year. Well, I’ve come here today to say: Enough is enough.”

#UNGA #UN #geopolitics #war #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Gaza #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #MiddleEast

#Independence. Yes. That's why I enlisted. #Isolationist? Not even. #Anachist? Ok. I don't really like other to modify my behavior. I don't vote and insist other modify yours. so if you want to control my behavior you'll have to get in my face and make me. I don't much care about your feelz. That's what a vote is. Your feelz. reinFOCED by goons if a majority of chicken shits have the same feelz. Grow the fuck up

So far #Trump’s “press event” is him using the cameras to deliver a nationally broadcast stump speech.

Unsurprisingly, he’s spouting #lies. Bunch of #isolationist, #nationalist, #racist crap.

Also completely fabricating an impending 1929 #economy.

Saying #KamalaHarris is “100% the border czar” - false.

Claiming he prefers running against #Harris to Biden.

All backwards looking “blah blah blah wouldn’t have happened” & “blah blah blah wouldn’t have happened” if he was president.

#corporate #Democrats & #financiers on #WallStreet are optimistic #Harris would govern as a #centrist, said #JeffreySonnenfeld, prof of mgmt at #Yale School of Mgmt who consults w/top US CEOs. In contrast to #Trump, she’s not an #isolationist on #ForeignPolicy —something many in the corporate world care deeply about—& they believe she is less likely to pursue #trade policies that are as protectionist as his proposals.

#ProsecutorVFelon #Election2024 #economy #Harris2024
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/harris-industries-00170479