An American to Europe — 2025 Is Your Moment to Shine
Picture this: the European Parliament hosting a champagne toast on the balcony while flames consume the ground floor.
That’s essentially the vibe last week as existential threats loomed over the EU, yet leaders focused on what really mattered — who gets the comfiest seat in the European Commission.
Priorities, right?
This is a failure of imagination — a failure to envision what the future might hold if Europe stays on its current trajectory.
In reality, the geopolitical wolves are gathering.
Putin’s war machine grinds on in Ukraine, carving out territory inch by inch, inexorably moving toward the West.
To the east, Xi Jinping’s China runs strategic laps around Europe, exploiting a staggering €292 billion trade surplus while conducting covert and cyber operations with Olympic-level precision.
And then there’s America, where Trump is ready to turn the US into an isolationist fortress, possibly causing Charles Lindbergh to rise from the grave just to give Trump a slow clap.
Let’s not sugarcoat it: the United States is clocking out of its role as the global leader. Whether it’s our upcoming civil war or a newfound laissez-faire attitude toward world affairs, Uncle Sam is taking a…