{"id":34678,"date":"2017-07-07T12:28:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=34678"},"modified":"2017-07-07T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:28:13","slug":"western-civilisation-at-stake-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=34678","title":{"rendered":"Western civilisation at stake: Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"D.Trump_8\"The people of Poland, the people of America, and the people of Europe still cry out \u2018We want God\u2019The people of Poland, the people of America, and the people of Europe still cry out \u2018We want God\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump pledged his backing for NATO at the start of a high-stakes visit to Europe on Thursday as he warned that the future of the West was at risk, reports AFP.<\/p>\n

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In key US ally Poland on the first leg of the trip, he also accused Russia of \u201cdestabilising\u201d action and warned North Korea it faced \u201cconsequences\u201d after an intercontinental ballistic missile test that has alarmed the international community.<\/p>\n

On the eve of what is likely to be a prickly G20 summit, with Trump facing animosity from traditional US allies, he used his keynote address in Warsaw to warn that a lack of collective resolve could doom an alliance that endured through the Cold War.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defence of the West ultimately rests not only on means but also on the will of its people to prevail,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.\u201d Seeking to ease allies\u2019 concerns about the US commitment to NATO, Trump endorsed its one-for-all-and-all-for-one mutual defence pact.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States has demonstrated not merely with words, but with it actions, that we stand firmly behind Article Five,\u201d he said, while calling for more defence spending on the eastern side of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transatlantic bond between the United States and Europe is as strong as ever, and maybe in many ways, even stronger,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Speaking in a country alarmed by Moscow\u2019s increasing military assertiveness, Trump \u2014 just a day before he meets President Vladimir Putin at the G20 \u2014 offered rare criticism of Russia\u2019s \u201cdestabilising\u201d behaviour.<\/p>\n

He also said Moscow \u201cmay have\u201d tried to influence the 2016 election that brought him to power, but suggested others too may have been involved.<\/p>\n

Looming large over his entire European trip is Pyongyang\u2019s test of an ICBM that could deliver a nuclear payload to Alaska.<\/p>\n

In his first public remarks since the test, Trump said Pyongyang\u2019s military sabre-rattling must bring \u201cconsequences\u201d and warned he was considering a \u201csevere\u201d response to its \u2018very, very bad behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n

After repeatedly urging Beijing to ratchet up the economic pressure on North Korea, Trump will hold what promises to be a testy meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 in the German city of Hamburg.<\/p>\n

The White House wanted to use Trump\u2019s Warsaw speech \u2014 with its echoes of historic Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy\u2019s addresses overseas \u2014 to burnish his credentials as a global statesman and deflect suggestions he is making the United States a virtual pariah.<\/p>\n

Speaking at Krasinski Square \u2014 which memorialises the Warsaw uprising against Nazi occupation \u2014 Trump pointed to Poland as an example of resolve in the defence of Western traditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people of Poland, the people of America, and the people of Europe still cry out \u2018We want God\u2019,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur citizens did not win freedom together. Did not survive horrors together. Did not face down evil together only to lose our freedom to a lack of pride and confidence in our values.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to the Nazi and Soviet invasions of Poland, he said: \u201cThat\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around 10,000 people turned out to see him, many arriving on free buses laid on by Poland\u2019s conservative ruling party, which was eager to ensure Trump got the adulation he craves.<\/p>\n

While Trump positions himself as a leader with the vision to confront an epoch-making crisis, for many US allies in Europe and beyond it is Trump himself who has called the world order \u2014 and a century of American global leadership \u2014 into doubt. \u201cTrump\u2019s decisions to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris climate accord have dealt a blow to the near-global consensus,\u201d said Dmitri Trenin, director for the Carnegie Moscow Center.<\/p>\n

In public, European officials profess the decades-old transatlantic partnership to be inviolable but in private, they wonder whether it can survive four or eight years with an impulsive and capricious US president at the helm.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s four-day swing continues to the northern German city of Hamburg where tricky geopolitical currents \u2014 from rumbling transatlantic discord over defence and climate change to increasingly difficult ties with China \u2014 will converge.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s meeting between Trump and Putin will \u2014 among other things \u2014 be pored over for its significance to US domestic politics.<\/p>\n

Asked about possible Russian meddling in the November election, Trump said: \u201cI think it could very well have been Russia. I think it could well have been other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump pledged his backing for NATO at the start of a high-stakes visit to Europe on Thursday as he warned that the future of the West was at risk, reports AFP.<\/p>\n

In key US ally Poland on the first leg of the trip, he also accused Russia of \u201cdestabilising\u201d action and warned North Korea it faced \u201cconsequences\u201d after an intercontinental ballistic missile test that has alarmed the international community. On the eve of what is likely to be a prickly G20 summit, with Trump facing animosity from traditional US allies, he used his keynote address in Warsaw to warn that a lack of collective resolve could doom an alliance that endured through the Cold War. \u201cThe defence of the West ultimately rests not only on means but also on the will of its people to prevail,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.\u201d Seeking to ease allies\u2019 concerns about the US commitment to NATO, Trump endorsed its one-for-all-and-all-for-one mutual defence pact. \u201cThe United States has demonstrated not merely with words, but with it actions, that we stand firmly behind Article Five,\u201d he said, while calling for more defence spending on the eastern side of the Atlantic. \u201cThe transatlantic bond between the United States and Europe is as strong as ever, and maybe in many ways, even stronger,\u201d he added. Speaking in a country alarmed by Moscow\u2019s increasing military assertiveness, Trump \u2014 just a day before he meets President Vladimir Putin at the G20 \u2014 offered rare criticism of Russia\u2019s \u201cdestabilising\u201d behaviour.<\/p>\n

He also said Moscow \u201cmay have\u201d tried to influence the 2016 election that brought him to power, but suggested others too may have been involved. Looming large over his entire European trip is Pyongyang\u2019s test of an ICBM that could deliver a nuclear payload to Alaska. In his first public remarks since the test, Trump said Pyongyang\u2019s military sabre-rattling must bring \u201cconsequences\u201d and warned he was considering a \u201csevere\u201d response to its \u2018very, very bad behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n

After repeatedly urging Beijing to ratchet up the economic pressure on North Korea, Trump will hold what promises to be a testy meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 in the German city of Hamburg. The White House wanted to use Trump\u2019s Warsaw speech \u2014 with its echoes of historic Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy\u2019s addresses overseas \u2014 to burnish his credentials as a global statesman and deflect suggestions he is making the United States a virtual pariah. Speaking at Krasinski Square \u2014 which memorialises the Warsaw uprising against Nazi occupation \u2014 Trump pointed to Poland as an example of resolve in the defence of Western traditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people of Poland, the people of America, and the people of Europe still cry out \u2018We want God\u2019,\u201d Trump said. \u201cOur citizens did not win freedom together. Did not survive horrors together. Did not face down evil together only to lose our freedom to a lack of pride and confidence in our values.\u201d Referring to the Nazi and Soviet invasions of Poland, he said: \u201cThat\u2019s tough.\u201d Around 10,000 people turned out to see him, many arriving on free buses laid on by Poland\u2019s conservative ruling party, which was eager to ensure Trump got the adulation he craves.<\/p>\n

While Trump positions himself as a leader with the vision to confront an epoch-making crisis, for many US allies in Europe and beyond it is Trump himself who has called the world order \u2014 and a century of American global leadership \u2014 into doubt. \u201cTrump\u2019s decisions to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris climate accord have dealt a blow to the near-global consensus,\u201d said Dmitri Trenin, director for the Carnegie Moscow Center. In public, European officials profess the decades-old transatlantic partnership to be inviolable but in private, they wonder whether it can survive four or eight years with an impulsive and capricious US president at the helm.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s four-day swing continues to the northern German city of Hamburg where tricky geopolitical currents \u2014 from rumbling transatlantic discord over defence and climate change to increasingly difficult ties with China \u2014 will converge. Friday\u2019s meeting between Trump and Putin will \u2014 among other things \u2014 be pored over for its significance to US domestic politics. Asked about possible Russian meddling in the November election, Trump said: \u201cI think it could very well have been Russia. I think it could well have been other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The people of Poland, the people of America, and the people of Europe still cry out \u2018We want God\u2019The people of Poland, the people of America, and the people of Europe still cry out \u2018We want God\u2019 US President Donald Trump pledged his backing for NATO at the start of a high-stakes visit to Europe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":34679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n