Congressperson says US president and Marco Rubio are tearing apart transatlantic alliance
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Donald Trump of tearing apart the transatlantic alliance with Europe and of seeking to introduce an “age of authoritarianism”, as she condemned his administration’s foreign policy in front of its allies’ top policymakers at the Munich Security Conference.
Speaking at a panel on populism on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez outlined what she called an “alternative vision” for a leftwing US foreign policy, challenging the Trump administration’s shift to the right in front an audience of US allies who have grown increasingly wary of the US’s increasingly nationalist – and militaristic – global posture.
In her remarks, Ocasio-Cortez said Trump and Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, were “looking to withdraw the United States from the entire world so that we can turn into an age of authoritarianism”, as they sought to “carve out a world where Donald Trump can command the western hemisphere and Latin America as his personal sandbox, where Putin can saber rattle around Europe and try to bully our own allies there”.
That’s lovely and all, but the horse has bolted. The only sensible approach is to sever as many ties as possible with the USA. It would be madness to trust a country which has demonstrated it can flip this quickly into fascism.
Yeah, I don’t disagree with that. Although isolation is kind of part of the goal of the administration, I think cutting ties with the dumpster fire is a good safety measure for any organization in Europe.
That being said, if we can flip this quickly into fascism, maybe we can slide out just as quickly? That is copium on max setting. But what I mean is maybe this horrible descent we are seeing, coupled with the inherent chaos of our 4 year personality complex and major internal pushback from the American public could course correct.
Again, that last bit is like crumbs of copium. I don’t really believe that, the end is nigh. But I have to at least TRY and see some light.