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This was the right call:
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was made to leave the room during Trump’s meeting with European leaders in Washington because she is not a an elected leader. There is no singular European people or unified European national interest on behalf of which von der Leyen could ever speak.
She has no meaningful budget, she commands no army and she has no political legitimacy. Her entire career since then has been a product of back room deals, internal party pecking orders and Angela Merkel’s patronage.
She owes her present position largely to Emmanuel Macron’s political triangulations.
“The decline of community in the modern world has as its inevitable religious consequence the creation of masses of helpless, bewildered individuals who are unable to find solace in Christianity regarded merely as creed.”
Robert Nisbet
American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations’ individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism. Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory.
The White House
The National Security Strategy Document
Games stimulate the mind. Kids thrive on mental stimulation. Games teach kids to triumph over challenging problems.
This story out of India: Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha was born in 2022. At 30 months he started learning chess. By age three he had defeated five ranking members of the International Chess Federation, earning him his own official ranking. What’s next? Recognition as a grand master as he continues learn about how chess works, and how victory is achieved against some of the most active minds of his generation.
