Donald Trump’s new nationwide safety technique presents a misguided evaluation of Europe, lengthy considered the US’s most dependable ally. Unrestrained immigration and different insurance policies derided by administration officers as “woke”, it warns, might result in “civilisational erasure” inside just a few many years.
That argument rests on a elementary misreading of Europe’s present predicament. Whereas the EU does face an existential risk, it has little to do with immigration or cultural politics. Actually, the share of foreign-born residents within the US is barely greater than in Europe.
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