USA: The election of Trump or the psychosis of European leaders, analysis The election of Republican candidate Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States, facing his Democratic challenger Kamala Harris, has created a shock wave among European leaders. A completely ‘unexpected’ scenario, as several media outlets gave the Trump camp the losing side.
According to Burkina Information Agency, during the US election campaign, European leaders seemed to have taken sides in favor of the election of Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate with whom they share similar views on several international issues, including the war in Ukraine. Trump, for his part, has never hidden his opposition to this war, repeating to anyone who will listen that, as soon as he is elected, he will put an end to this conflict.
From the first trends giving a head start to the Republican candidate, often described as unpredictable, the European capitals were taken by surprise: a diplomatic ballet began in Europe. Macron contacted Ger
man Chancellor Scholz to supposedly coordinate their actions, while taking care to congratulate Trump.
The narrative of European experts about Donald Trump is changing: he is now described as intelligent and strategic by some. The fear of the collapse of diplomatic and military efforts in Europe and elsewhere seems to be motivating this change of attitude. The thorny issue of Ukraine, on which almost all European leaders have blindly or actively followed the American position dictated by the Joe Biden administration, is particularly worrying.
Tonight, the defense ministers of France and Germany are meeting in Paris to discuss, probably, the fate of European defense, entirely dependent on America under the cover of NATO, an organization that Trump is threatening to leave. The situation is far from stable in Western capitals, which had bet on a defeat for Trump, who ultimately triumphed brilliantly against Harris.
The global geopolitical configuration is becoming complex for many actors, who are ill-prepared
for the return of the Republican to power. Tensions in the Near and Middle East, the crisis on the Korean peninsula, the migration crisis and terrorism issues in Africa are among the hot topics that will need to be addressed. True to his “America First” doctrine, Trump is seen as a real threat to the interests of Western leaders, who are totally dependent on the American political-economic and military system.