Letter: Patriotism vs. the current presidential cult

Letter: Patriotism vs. the current presidential cult

We have had a very serious problem facing our democracy since Jan. 20, 2025, and it is very disheartening, depressing, embarrassing. Yes, embarrassing; we are being embarrassed all over the world and especially with our allies. We should keep in mind the words of Theodore Roosevelt: "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself st…

How Trumpism Ends | by Chris Patten - Project Syndicate

US President Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign agenda will bring misery to Americans and non-Americans alike, tarnishing the country’s reputation for years to come. It now falls to American citizens and legislators to defend the democratic values that have long underpinned the country’s global leadership.

Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has destabilized political life in the United States, but also in France, where politicians wonder what position to adopt against the American president. Pedcast explanations with Mariama Darame, journalist at the political service of the "World".

Biden’s Bleak Presidency Was Always Going to End in Trump

Joe Biden came into office promising to be the next FDR. Instead, his presidency of empty gestures and moral failures has given us something far more dangerous: a reinvigorated Donald Trump armed with a popular mandate and a drive for retribution.

Since James Hunter's book on "cultural wars" we know that the issue of values has been at the heart of political mobilizations in the United States 1. According to the influential thesis of this American sociologist, Protestant fundamentalists and conservative Catholics have joined forces since the 1970s to challenge progressive hegemony over American culture. Two sides have since faced each other: on the one hand, "orthodox" for whom moral trut…

Trumpism rises abroad—But who’s defending multiculturalism at home?

The rise of Donald Trump in the United States, the growing traction of nationalist parties in Europe—from Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France to the Alternative for Germany (AfD)—and the election of a hard-right coalition in the Netherlands all point to a larger trend: the political centre is retreating, and cultural anxieties are filling the space. Ireland, long viewed as welcoming, recently saw thousands protesting against asylum centres.…