Trump faced accusations of fickleness and a lack of tact right at the start of his second term. Now the US president is making headlines with his alarming rhetoric and AI-generated images. In its discussion of his foreign policy – from the Iran war to NATO, to the elections in Hungary, and even the feud with Pope Leo XIV – the media sees indications that Trumpism is in decline.
US president risking midterm election defeat
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Newsweek Polska sees the conflict with the Pope as a serious threat to the US president’s power base:
When Trump published an AI-generated image of himself wearing papal robes and a miter in May last year, shortly before the election of Leo XIV, the reaction among American Catholics was muted. This pales in comparison to the wave of outrage triggered a few days ago by Trump’s latest AI post – depicting himself as a new Christ healing the sick. ... Trump would probably like to excommunicate the Pope. ... By declaring war on him, he is paving the way for his own defeat in the midterm elections in November.
No more walking on water
El Periódico de Catalunya sees a Trump fatigue setting in:
Viktor Orbán’s defeat, the conflict between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni, the attack on Pope Leo XIV and the economic fallout of the war with Iran have shifted the political mood. ... As long as the far right kept its focus on anti-politics and identity, its growth curve was steep. ... Now that Trump is expanding his list of ‘others’ on a daily basis (Europe, Persian civilization, the Pope, Catholics ...), his European partners are suffering. ... Trump is no longer walking on water. ... Where once he seemed to be an inevitable phenomenon, now he’s showing signs of wear and tear. ... That’s why Europe’s far right is looking so disgruntled.
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