The Globalist

The Leavers’ hopes for a bilateral trade deal with the United States always seemed very iffy. After Trump’s UK visit, they are now wholly unrealistic.

It isn’t just about Angela Merkel or Trump’s general misogyny. The current U.S. President’s negative attitude toward Germany is rooted in his grandfather’s murky personal biography.

The events near Chang Rai powerfully underscore that a “global community” very much exists – and that it can have very positive effects on the lives and well-being of people.

The German government should not need any exhortations from the U.S. President to raise its level of defense spending.

German hopes for the football tournament in Russia appear way overblown.

Germany’s SPD has long seen Macron as a beacon of hope. But his stance on migration policy will greatly frustrate them – and rob Angela Merkel of her European cover.

Trump aims for the total destruction of the established order, including all alliance partnerships the United States ever entered into.

However hard they try, U.S. presidents lack the power of a French president to transform their nation.

The new Italian government seems keen to play blame games – and pursuing economic solutions that have already failed conclusively in the past.

Why are Republicans siding with Trump’s trade war? Is it because they are dead-set against the European economic model which seeks social balance?