An Unexpected Trump Bump for the World’s Centrists

New York Times: “Mr. Trump’s sweeping tariffs and threats to the trans-Atlantic alliance have breathed life into centrist leaders, who are regaining popularity for their willingness to stand up to the American president. His clash with Ukraine and tilt toward Russia have thrown right-wing populists from Britain to Germany off balance, blunting, for the moment, their efforts to capitalize on Mr. Trump’s restoration to the White House.”

Said scholar Constanze Stelzenmüller: “One of the great ironies of Trump is that he turns out to be the great unifier of Europe. It is impossible to overstate how shocked Europeans are by what’s happening.”