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applegrove

(129,540 posts)
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 09:51 AM 2 hrs ago

Trump afraid of liberal democracy in Western Europe. Will try to change that to illiberal.

Current Readings: Henry Farrell (@himself.bsky.social) on the new U.S. National Security Strategy: "The guff about civilizational collapse in Europe reflects the administration’s anxieties about the continued strength of liberalism within its own political system." open.substack.com/pub/programm...

Liberal Currents (@liberalcurrents.com) 2025-12-06T13:31:34.192Z
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Trump afraid of liberal democracy in Western Europe. Will try to change that to illiberal. (Original Post) applegrove 2 hrs ago OP
Like Russia is afraid of Ukraine and China of Taiwan DBoon 1 hr ago #1

DBoon

(24,582 posts)
1. Like Russia is afraid of Ukraine and China of Taiwan
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 10:52 AM
1 hr ago

Dictators can't abide a functioning democracy on their borders

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