US literally had a trade representative tell Volkswagen to move their engine manufacturing facility to US, or face heavy import duties.

US is not free from being taken over by a national populist. Currently the highest rated TV show in US is run by a national conservative. Thank god, that American institutions are stronger than Donny, but had he been in office for another 4 years - it would have been dire.

In case you're trying to insult me: I'm pretty sure that this is not what I wrote.

This is not a helpful comment. The Trumpian Republican party is here to stay, and it's very easy to imagine it being quite damaging to European interests and security once it's back in power. If there's one thing that the Trumpian right has shown is an appetite for the exercise of naked power, without any mask of moral pretences.