THE BREZHNEV DOCTRINE IS BACK, A LA TRUMP

The doctrine of limited sovereignty after the Prague Spring became the cornerstone of the Soviet Union's foreign policy. Within Moscow's political realm the member states of the Warshaw Pact only received the smallest amount of autonomy, as long as the "socialist" priorities were not endangered.

Now Trump follows the same path, suggesting a conditional,  survival kit for Ukraine: reduced, humiliated, and servile. Mutatis mutandis ,the same goes for other unpleasant aspects of this salesman's dealings with the world. Never has such a vulgar, unprincipled, tasteless person presided over the destiny of what was not long ago the envy of all . 

Former generations saw America as a model, far from perfect, but ruled by the better intentions. Nowadays, one ends up seeing trough the "magic" of a smartphone a grotesque America ruled by amateurs on the payroll of a mean-spirited, awful president. 

Putin will get his prey and his way. Trump will oblige because he is clueless regarding history, taste or anything out of the sphere of self-agrandisement. He is the frog in a La Fontaine tale or the sociopath in a B movie.

Europeans had better stick together and avoid entering stormy weather. Others should follow the Chinese example and not play into the supplicant scenario that Trump likes to impose. Too bad that so many Americans fell for an idol of clay. The Democrats have no Moses in their rank.

Reality will finally bite. It is a multi-headed monster with a flair for hybrid warfare on all fronts: geo-political, economical and cultural. The former Bandung group will come together again, Taiwan will follow the Ukraine model, the EU will have a hard time shedding the image of a mild parish congregation, while the right/Maga forces will roar until they die for lack of oxygen.

In the short term Trump will try to steal Pope Francis'burial. Nothing can stop this Golem until some stroke gets the better of him. Until then, better run for shelter.