#great-replacement

#great-replacement

Though the impetus for this investigation follows grave concerns about the extent of Russia's penetration of our political system, we must be clear-eyed too about the threat of interference now posed by the United States. In his recent national security strategy, President Trump outlined the US's new policy of cultivating resistance' within Europe. This reflects nothing less than an explicit call for interference in European politics including our own.

"There's a lot of criticism [in the paper], but I think some of it is also true; if you look at Europe, it has been underestimating its own power towards Russia," Kallas said on a panel at the Doha Forum in Qatar. "We should be more self-confident," she said, adding that the "US is still our biggest ally." "I think we haven't always seen eye to eye on different topics, but I think the overall principle is still there."

The Trump administration released a policy paper on Friday that made explicit Washington's support for Europe's nationalist far-right parties. The 33-page US National Security Strategy, which includes a signed introduction from Donald Trump, appears to push the racist great replacement conspiracy theory, saying several countries risk becoming majority non-European and Europe faces the real and stark prospect of civilizational erasure.

"This 'family-values man' said gay people are an error [and] transgender people are mental. So, apparently, free speech is only acceptable if you're on the right."