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  • 1 month ago | theglobalist.com | Stephan Richter

    Until January 2017, when Donald Trump arrived in the White House, any suggestion that the United States and Turkey would become more alike politically would have been considered sheer lunacy. And yet, there are many tell-tale signs that Turks and Americans increasingly find themselves in a very similar predicament.

  • 1 month ago | theglobalist.com | Stephan Richter |Markus Heinrich

    Even before he made it to the stage of the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his family had a very carefully choreographed exit from his government airplane at Munich Airport.   The way in which his wife Usha walked down the mobile stairs from the airplane with her three children, one in her arm, all in a little dark coat, was an early sign of what, in the Vances’ mind, lies ahead for the world. Another global “it” couple?

  • 1 month ago | theglobalist.com | Stephan Richter |Markus Heinrich

    Donald Trump and Elon Musk clearly form the world’s most inflammatory mutual admiration society. The current U.S. president feels a particular emotional bond. In his recent speech before Congress, he professed in reference to Elon Musk that “he doesn’t need to do this, he doesn’t need to do this.” It was as if Trump was also sending a message to himself that he too didn’t need to shoulder the burden of taking on the U.S. presidency.

  • 1 month ago | theglobalist.com | Stephan Richter |Markus Heinrich

    Many Europeans currently feel very frustrated and indeed discouraged by what they rightly perceive as a fundamental betrayal by Donald Trump. But there is one man in Paris who definitely sees things very differently. Remember all the occasions when Emmanuel Macron, the French President, called for Europe’s strategic autonomy? Just a lofty vision?

  • Dec 17, 2024 | theglobalist.com | Stephan Richter

    Olaf Scholz’s SPD and the Greens, along with their dedicated supporters in the media, are out to blame Germany’s small liberal party, the FDP, for the problems of their – now fallen – three-party government.

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Stephan Richter
Stephan Richter @stephan_richter
7 Mar 25

In the increasingly desperate search for checks and balances in the US, there is now a ray of hope: The financial markets may be the only ones capable of effectively putting a stop to the shenanigans of the Trump administration. https://t.co/C7DWode9wS

Stephan Richter
Stephan Richter @stephan_richter
7 Mar 23

“Britain’s Domestic Raw Deal and Its Consequences” - Our new feature on the UK’s muddled fortunes by @DenisMacShane on @TheGlobalist today https://t.co/ciEKSOQ7bD

Stephan Richter
Stephan Richter @stephan_richter
17 Feb 23

French President #Macron, answering questions on Russia and UN at@#MSC2023, still sounds more like a political science professor than a head of state