Vichy America

The US is lost. Not just for four years. For the foreseeable. Even if sanity is restored, a return of trust will take a generation or more. The fifth column within now has total power, taking orders from the fascist paymaster in the East. The fight for Europe will soon begin. The first battles that must be won are against the fifth columns within the UK and the EU. Personalities like Farage and Le Pen, with their overt Russian links. And leaders like Orban.

Folk talk about the danger to democracy in the US. Too many dismiss it as idle talk. But I think it will likely come to pass that Trump will need to retain power, whether himself or through an obedient puppet regime, for the same reason Putin does. The scale and seriousness of his crimes – those committed and those to be committed – will dictate that he must.

The US has gone from being ally to rival to enemy in less than a fortnight. There will be consequences to that. Who will be the first in Trump’s circle to be sanctioned by the EU? Will the state visit to the UK be cancelled? One hopes so. At the same time, I’d rather like to go to the protest. I went to the one in 2018 and got some half decent photos. Trump is going to be pumping out nonsense on a daily basis for the next four years. I will need new stock.