Woke West stands with Ukraine, Trump deals with reality

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Trump's diplomacy is based on realpolitik, not idealpolitik.

The rules-based world order has been destroyed by the Wokerati. The United Nations, an institution designed to address the shortcomings of the League of Nations, is exhausted and no longer fit for purpose. Nato is an under-funded paper tiger. The United States, still the richest and most powerful nation in the history of humanity, is quickly recovering from its near-death experience under the Democrats and their self-hating and divisive ideology. Meanwhile, the rest of the West dithers.

Trump’s attempt to bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war is based on realpolitik, taking into account the actual circumstances rather than adopting a particular moral stance. Against this backdrop, the rest of the West, which is largely broke and unable to defend itself, has based its response on idealpolitik, a belief that ideals can be achieved through politics. In practice, Trump’s approach is based on reason, while the rest of the West’s response to global affairs is naively based on emotion.

It’s not hard to tell how this will work out.

Writing in the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes had this to say:

As Trump freezes all military aid to Ukraine in retaliation against Zelensky’s perceived recalcitrance, making the likelihood of a ‘final push’ Russian spring offensive still greater, Rebecca Weisser has a timely piece looking at the good, the bad and the ugly of Trump’s domestic and foreign policy. As for that foreign policy, she says (but I summarise) there’s no theory, just chaos. Michael de Percy takes a contrary view, and argues that Western leaders, including Anthony Albanese, take an idealistic and anti-Trump view of Zelensky and Ukraine, while Trump plays a realist and calculated political chess game. Ramesh Thakur outlines the alleged rap sheet against Zelensky and Ukraine, while echoing de Percy’s policy argument and endorsing Trump’s actions, as he sees them.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Woke West stands with Ukraine, Trump deals with reality.

The Greens’ policies are about to come crashing down

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The Greens want to recreate Australia in their own cultural Marxist image

Senator Hanson-Young’s inability to answer simple questions about Australia’s defence is representative of the Greens’ naïve worldview. In my opinion, Greens politicians are cultural Marxists propped up by the system of democracy and capitalism they hate. That same system effectively pays them to have a platform for talking nonsense. And it’s getting worse.

As the realities of economics and global politics hit home, the Greens have not only been found wanting, but completely wrong.

My lates in The Spectator Australia, The Greens’ policies are about to come crashing down.

Albo is officially on the ropes after knocking himself out

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Et tu, Brute?

After three years of the worst government in Australian history, it isn’t the cost-of-living crisis, the divided society, the reduced productivity, the poor defence stance, or the increased public spending ailing Albanese.

It’s not even Tony Burke’s spurious use of citizenship ceremonies to try to save a sinking ship.

It is Albo breaking his own promise to return integrity to politics that has knocked him out of the next federal election.

Writing in the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes had this to say:
Michael de Percy argues that, politically speaking, Anthony Albanese is a rotting carcass, twisting in the breeze.  Not because of his prime ministerial record, but because he promised to restore integrity in politics and not only failed, but he and his Labor henchmen have trashed integrity enthusiastically. As we see Labor going hammer-and-tongs at Peter Dutton the man, making all manner of claims about Dutton’s integrity, Albanese hasn’t called off the attack dogs in the way Dutton did with his when the Albanese Copacabana cliffside castle hit the news late last year.  What’s that they say about the standard you walk past?
My latest in The Spectator Australia, Albo is officially on the ropes after knocking himself out.
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