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applegrove

(132,222 posts)
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 10:51 AM Dec 2025

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 Dec 2025 OP
Like Russia is afraid of Ukraine and China of Taiwan DBoon Dec 2025 #1

DBoon

(24,989 posts)
1. Like Russia is afraid of Ukraine and China of Taiwan
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 11:52 AM
Dec 2025

Dictators can't abide a functioning democracy on their borders

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