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I guess when the alternative is Trump's vision of the future ... - at least I know what I would choose.

Trump will be gone in 2028 and policies may radically change depending on who replaces him. There is no change on the horizon in the EU when Von Der Leyen is replaced (she is just the current public face of the blob...)

Do you believe this ? Even if the Americans get out of their zombie existence and get out to vote (on another candidate), I cannot imagine Trump will accept an election loss. (A reminder: The US has had a 24% drop in the Liberal Democracy Index score in just one year and your supreme court is owned)

>The US has had a 24% drop in the Liberal Democracy Index score

Yet another index detached from objective measures.

>your supreme court is owned

The same court that declined to take up Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election?

>The same court that declined to take up Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election?

Yes, that same court. It's incredible how rapidly the legal system has eroded in the US.

So you think SCOTUS should have entertained Trump's frivolous claims?

I agree, and moved to the EU from the US for related reasons, but Von der Leyen's entire strategy for handling Trump seems to be immediate capitulation to horrendously one-sided deals, which doesn't give a lot of confidence.

Von der Leyen has made it clear the values of the EU are exactly the same as those of the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEbQoT3Xlho

That video is from 11 months ago, long before Trump was elected for his second term. Once was an anomaly. Twice is nearly a pattern but not an anomaly. Third time is an established pattern.

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