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There are many reasons to be outraged by those who lie and cheat their way into the world's most important positions out of self-interest. People who line their pockets to the brim, abuse children, or ignore massacres of their own population in order to preserve their power and potentially their immunity from prosecution.
Pete Hegseth, the United States Secretary of Defense – though he prefers to call himself the Secretary of War – flew to Normandy to attend the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings. He delivered a speech at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. According to the Pentagon, he had brought his family at his own expense and subsequently skipped the main international ceremony, which was attended by French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
Read more: A commentary on transatlantic relations on the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.
As the ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran already appears to be crumbling, the recent summit in Armenia provides yet another example of Trump’s foreign policy failure. Little remains of "Making America Great Again"; instead, the US President is currently gambling away his most significant leverage over his European allies.
Read more: Trump's Geopolitical Sellout: How the U.S. Is Losing Its Influence Over Europe
Shortly after Viktor Orbán's electoral defeat, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for an end to mandatory unanimity in the EU's foreign policy. At a conference in Brussels on April 13, she urged member states to seize the opportunity to switch to the principle of majority voting.
We here in France are almost lucky. Energy prices at the pump have risen, but not to the same extent as with our neighbor, Germany. However, prices will slowly begin to rise for Germany's border regions as well. Why oil multis feel the need to enrich themselves so shamelessly during a crisis, specifically in Germany, is a different matter altogether.
Read more: Geopolitical Wildfire: When Energy Becomes a Weapon of Hunger.
