'Axis of authoritarians': How Trump will face a 'more complicated and dangerous' world during second term

11 November 2024

Many Never Trump conservatives have slammed Donald Trump and the MAGA movement as a divisive, authoritarian departure from traditional Reagan, Goldwater and McCain conservatism.

From a foreign-policy standpoint, the MAGA movement has championed an isolationist view of the world that is radically different from what President Ronald Reagan favored during the 1980s.

But Politico's Matthew Kaminski, in an article published on November 10, stresses that some federal government officials are hoping that President-elect Trump's second administration, will not be devoid of Reaganism.

"I'm saying Trump has the ability to shape the world like he didn't before," Kaminski writes. "This is horrifying or exciting, depending on whether Trump chooses to engage with the world or hunker down. 'Gloom and despair,' is the mood in most of Europe, according to former Swedish Prime Minister and face of European establishment Carl Bildt."

Kaminski adds, "In the Free Press, the British economic historian and columnist Niall Ferguson discerns the potential for Trump to be a powerful presence on the global stage, seeing a 'line of continuity' from Reagan to Trump who can lead the free to victory in 'Cold War II.'"

The Politico journalist points out "the world is more complicated and dangerous than the one Trump left behind as president in 2021."

"In this Cold War," Kaminski explains, "the U.S. faces an empowered axis of authoritarians led by China, joined by a Russia at war in Europe, Iran at war in the Middle East and North Korea. This group gathered last month in Kazan, Russia with others like South Africa and NATO member Turkey in a kind of summit of the parallel non-U.S. world."

Read Matthew Kaminski's full article for Politico at this link.

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