Alain Frachon: “The big loser in this war is the credibility of the United States” — Trump, an “almost pathological narcissism” deemed dangerous

On FranceInfo, the editorialist of World and international relations specialist Alain Frachon delivered a trenchant analysis: “the big loser in this war is the credibility of the United States”. He denounces American speech that has become unstable, marked by the contradictions between Donald Trump and his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to the point of sowing doubt among allies, particularly within the G7. Frachon also criticizes Trump’s vision in the Middle East, deemed disconnected from reality. He draws a parallel with Vladimir Putin before the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, evoking an isolated leader, surrounded by faithful, and animated by an “almost pathological narcissism” which he considers dangerous.

Alain Frachon: “The big loser in this war is the credibility of the United States” — Trump, an “almost pathological narcissism” deemed dangerous pic.twitter.com/3P7B2rZ0n4

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Editor’s note: In a more global reading, increasingly shared in public opinion in the South as well as within Western societies, the contradictory declarations, the permanent reversals and the diplomatic improvisation which marked this sequence illustrate a real political and moral bankruptcy of American leadership under the Donald Trump era. Unpredictability established as a method, contempt for international law, cynicism in the face of human tragedies: far from embodying a stabilizing power, Washington behaves like a disorderly actor, dominated by ego and the logic of the balance of power. This drift is no longer limited to weakening the American word: it has lastingly discredited it, establishing a deep distrust, particularly in the Arab-Muslim world, where the United States is now perceived as an unstable, partial power and indifferent to the suffering of the populations.