On the 25th March 2025 I posted a blog entitled ‘What was I Thinking’ in which I commented:
My own view is that the European leadership, Prime Ministers, Presidents and Foreign Secretaries - not just its elected representatives in their various parliaments - must take a much stronger and united stand against Trump and his acolytes. Stop attempting to flatter him into ‘concessions’ but demand the loyalty and assistance required of an ally who professes to adhere to similar democratic constitutions and the rule of law. A country is not its leader. It has a history and an evolution that gives it a life of its own, and its citizen’s reflect that life. They elect and choose representatives to secure the continued existence of that life. Sometimes they make very bad choice and need to be reminded of who they really are. European leaders need to remind the United States who they really are and show up this cult leader, this sham of a crass man, for what he truly is. In effect it is time for European and like minded world leaders to create an intervention to bring the United States back to its senses. I am told that such interventions by family members can bring about such epiphanies from cult adherents. If Britain truly has a special relationship with the United States, then it is standing in loco parentis and should take the lead.
In yesterday’s Guardian, 28th October 2025, Paul Taylor, a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre, wrote a piece headed: “Forget diplomatic niceties: it’s beyond time Europe denounced Trump’s trashing of democracy in the US. - The convention to stay out of allies’ internal affairs does not apply. What happens in America does not stay in America’.
In today’s Guardian, young lefty columnist Owen Jones writes a piece headed: “From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles - We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power’. He opens his comments with “Democracy may be dying in the US. Whether the patient receives emergency treatment in time will determine whether the condition becomes terminal.”
I am aware that this is only expressing opinion, but, clearly, what people think, how they think and what makes them think, matters in this world. People who put themselves forward as politicians must take into account the views of the people for whom they seek office. The views of our elected representatives are what makes them choose to support the actions a government takes to provide the services, and maintain the environment, that allows us to survive and live the lives we lead. Opinion is what drives the whole process of government and forms the principles which underpin the constitutions under which we live. What we read and listen to is what influences us in making our decisions. We vote for that with which we agree.
The sad part is that some of the opinions we read and listen to are deceptive and duplicitous, causing some citizens into making very bad decisions. Whole sections of societies have become cajoled into massive deluded and catastrophic modes of thought which can lead to what occurred in Germany in the 1930’s and Italy just before that. It takes a determined intervention to rectify the effects. The misrepresentation of facts under the guise of patriotism has never before been deployed on such a scale as has been done in the United States since the advent of Mr Trump's second term in office. His acolytes such as Pamela Bondi, Pete Hegseth, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Robert Kennedy Jr., Kristi Noem, Tulsi Gabbard, Marco Rubio and not least, Vice President J D Vance, FBI Director Kash Patel and Karoline Leavitt, all display an extraordinary arrogance towards the general public and anyone who dares to disagree or question their integrity, or obvious lack of qualifications for the office they hold. On top of that arrogance they display a colossal pusillanimity towards Mr Trump. The condition of monumental arrogance coupled with extreme pusillanimity must be some form of psychosis. There is no other way to describe it. One need only observe their behaviour when in the presence of Trump and when before a congressional oversight committee, to see the 180 degree turn. The contrast is spectacular.
What difference this obsession I have with the state of the union in the United States can make, I am not sure; however, it is vital that the democracy that is represented by the United States remains in place. There is something about a country made up of tired poor and huddled masses yearning to breathe free, that attracts the attention of the world. Just as the attention generated by the fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris required instant repair, so the regeneration of America requires repair. The reconstruction of the United States of America and the eradication of the likes of Trump and his gangster mob must be a priority. Surely simple common sense must prevail. I only hope it is not too late.
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