Editor’s Note: Today’s essay is from Craig M. White, an observer of world affairs and politics, researcher, writer and Bible scholar. Mr. White lives in Australia, and we appreciate his international perspective. You can follow Craig’s work @ FOS | Friends of Sabbath
March 7, 2025
By Craig M White
The return of Trump to the White House has irked the globalist/woke elites and irked the media. They are up in arms about his ‘America First’ policies which are contrary to those of Presidents Biden and Obama which were clearly to gradually pull America down and to integrate it into world governance.
In other words, to be one nation among many, deprived of power. To abandon its God-given ‘Manifest Destiny.’
In relation to this, below I have written a short note, observing briefly what has been going on in the West over the past 25 or so years. This is being written from a world news/political approach and not prophetic.
Untrustworthy Media
I recall vividly my mother telling me to never trust the media, to read widely (i.e., not just one point of view) and to think for myself. This was imprinted upon yours truly from an early age.
My Father, in turn, was not impressed by the BBC – and that was decades ago – criticizing its anti-British stance and lying. How far worse that leftwing globalist/woke machine is today, spewing out endless hours or what can only be described as one-sided tripe.
Strong language? Yes, but no stronger than their biased remarks on so many subjects demonstrating an ungodly and hateful streak. The lying and venom in the media can even sway God’s people, can it not? Yet I see Christians fall for the disinformation and lack of balance in viewing world news and trends. Some seem to want to be ‘hip’ or ‘cool’ and simply accept the deception that is so freely available rather than taking a step back, taking a deep breath and then come up with a considered stance.
As a result of the above and the clear need to be balanced, fair and garner views from left, right and center, to permit incoming information to gel and make sense, we should formulate a structured understanding of all this data and then respond appropriately.
In addition, I have my own university training and spent many years in various capacities in the central government agency, undertaking work in policy, intergovernmental relations, Parliamentary and Ministerial matters. All this has helped me hone my thinking and views.
But too many today simply accept leftwing media narratives, not realizing that often these are biased and not relatively neutral as they were decades ago.
Today the mask has slipped and the lying and bias is clear for those who are able to see.
But are we?
The Return of Trump
Do readers recall one of the many media hoaxes of all time? The Russia hoax that was denied by Trump and his team for years; disproven; then quietly dropped when the media, together with their other disinformation, managed to undermine Trump’s re-election in 2020. The result was the election of President Biden who clearly possessed cognitive difficulties from the start of his term; chaos in his administration; constant lying; extreme woke and globalist policies; open borders to deliberately bring about the complete demographic transformation of America.
The return of Trump has seen common sense and sanity prevail. The Executive Orders that have been issued; stances taken; $trillions in investments from abroad in America negotiated; DEI policies eschewed; America taking back its place on the world stage and much more, demonstrates that something good is happening. In addition, both he and Vice President Vance have been speaking out against the mass censorship, oppression and attack upon free speech in Europe as well as giving moral support to the true conservative parties on the continent (such as the National Rally, Freedom Party and AfD).
He and his administration are not taking any more nonsense from other nations. Why should they when they are in the right on most issues and America’s economy is around 25% of the worlds and its military spending is 50% of the world’s!
And then there was Trump’s somewhat excellent Presidential speech delivered to Congress. This makes one wonder if we are we witnessing the revival of America’s Manifest Destiny? Even if for a few years as occurred under President Reagan. The realization again of American Exceptionalism (as under Presidents Reagan, Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt?). You can watch the entire address here.
The speech exhibited class, vision and positivity that America was so desperately in need of.
Trump came across as a global colossus – the nations must now tremble at the (even if temporary) revival of the Anglo-Kelt sphere under his helm.
Corrupt International Institutions
Moderate or Centre-Right politicians are trying to push against a terrible trend that is undermining Western Civilization and basic freedoms such as free speech. Leaders in America, Argentina, Hungary and Italy are trying to do what they can to arrest or even reverse this trend.
The very institutions that were set up to stabilize the world after World War 2 to introduce a new way leading to peace and prosperity around the world, are actually now being used against the West.
It didn’t take the United Nations (UN) long after its establishment to be used by the internationalist Left to work against the West. Soon following this example were UNESCO (a branch of the UNO), the World Health Organization, and even the International Monetary Fund and World Bank which have moved away from their original ideals.
Sadly, NATO is following in the footsteps of the aforementioned, attempting to maneuver the military alliance in a Globalist and even Woke direction. Similarly with the EU – it has progressed far beyond what it was established to be.
As speculated for decades, the UN’s Security Council and General Assembly, World Bank and IMF might be booted out of America due to their negative influence upon the world the past 40 years or more. They are not just Globalist, but they are also Woke and undermining the West to integrate it into a world governance system. They know this means the end of freedoms and the end of the West. They know it and they are doing it.
Perhaps these institutions may move to Europe and be reformed. Or be abolished with rival institutions set up around the world.
One thing we can be certain about is that these institutions have long passed their use by dates.
Father Gjergj Fishta (a Franciscan friar and politician) once commented over 100 years ago “Europe, you old whore…!” Napoleon was supposed to have stated something similar, with the words “Europe is an old whore that needs reforming.” They would have made the same statement about the morals, corruption, massive salaries, overreach and these institutions working against rather than for the West today.
The 1980s playing out again?
Nixon spoke out against what was happening in his day rather forcefully and Reagan appointed an Ambassador to the UN (Jean Kirkpatrick) who did not hold back with her criticisms of the organization and ugliness she and the Reagan administration saw around the world. Reagan’s address to the United Nations in 1982 marked the most severe critique ever presented to the global assembly by a sitting American president. He charged the Soviet Union with tyranny, aggression, and atrocities, describing their actions as “ruthless repression,” while advocating for the acceptance of a U.S. “agenda for peace.”
Trump is not holding back either, and he has precedence which he is following.
And both the United States and the world in general, are in a much worse state today than they were over 40 years ago, requiring much needed actions from the President.
Let us step back for a moment and realize the world that President Reagan and British Prime Minister Thatcher had inherited.
Marxism was on the rise around the world; the Soviet Union and its allies were rather threatening; the economies of the world were in a parlous condition with rampant, historical high inflation; their countries were drifting further and further to the Left on social issues (e.g., homosexuality, abortion, pornography) and the ‘hate America, hate the West’ was on the rise on university campuses and in the media.
Drastic action had to be taken. And it was. Reagan destroyed Communism in Central and South America; Thatcher destroyed it on the home front, stood up to the EU and took back the Falklands after a vicious and cruel Argentinian invasion.
I recall reading the reports; listening to the news on shortwave radio and watching the on television; while living on campus at the time. The university professors whipped the students in a frenzy accusing Reagan and Thatcher of being ‘fascists’, extreme right, wanting to start World War 3 and such like. The rioting and consequent chaos was appalling, yet those two leaders, standing their ground, eventually triumphed. At least for a few years until the Left made another comeback.
Students and many others were literally crying about these leaders, claiming that they would be warmongers, and it is “better to be red than dead”. Something brow-beaten into them by academia.
The worldwide demonstrations with media backing shocked millions into believing that those two leaders were the baddies.
Has anything changed?
Similar goings on occurred when Richard Nixon was President and there appears to be real similarities between the him and Trump. Including, it seems on the surface, attempting to create a wedge between Russia and China to the benefit of world order.
Yet, when one compares the morals of those nations, their economies and decline of the West, they were nowhere near as bad as today.
President Trump’s Duty
The world stands in awe of what is happening in America. Trump will not take a step back and will keep his word and campaign promises to his nation. And to those that oppose America! If they raise their hand against America, they will pay the price!
His administration is moving at breath-taking speed to reverse a titanic that has almost hit an iceberg. The negatives of the economy alone will take months or years to reverse. Let alone dealing over 20 million illegals dwelling in the country, of which around 10 million entered under radical Leftist President Biden.
Honestly, there have been decades of damage done to America and the West. Perhaps Trump can leave a legacy of reversing much of this, but it would take years to do so. In the meantime, he is doing what he can.
Perhaps he will move to leave NATO (which can only be approved by Congress), or form an inner NATO with Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand with the Europeans forming their own separate military union which has been touted for decades, but gathering pace the past few years. Already the AUKUS has been established, which is a security partnership between Australia, United Kingdom and the United States. There are calls to expand it to include the other two Anglo-Keltic nations (Canada, New Zealand).
In addition, the Five Eyes network was established that comprises all of those nations. The Five Eyes is an intelligence gathering alliance.
Moves to lessen American involvement with NATO has been considered and debated in military and political circles across the Atlantic for decades, but has been gathering pace, primarily due to the financial mess and horrendous debts caused by the Obama and Biden administrations. Observers (such as Gene Hogberg) and political scientists have been commenting on this possibility for decades.
Consider this: all American Presidents have been asking Europe since the 1980s to share the enormous burden of defending the continent. However, they were always polite which didn’t get them anywhere. But now there is a President who speaks the mind of many: Europe must pay its way and quite “ripping America off”.
So, this day was always going to come. Political scientists have always known that and discussed it. Now it has arrived. Trump simply accelerated the inevitable.
America simply can no longer afford to provide most of the funds to protect Europe which has to step up and not merely talk about doing so for another 20 years.
Then there are the tariffs that America has been putting up with, in effect subsidising various countries. Germany alone is ‘subsided’ by the tune of around $70 billion annually for putting tariffs on America not reciprocating. Lost in the discussion, and the accusation that Trump is starting a “trade war,” is that European nations, Canada, Mexio and many other nations have been imposing tariffs on American goods for decades! All that President Trump has been asking for is a level playing field.
“”German exports to the U.S. have developed very well in recent months and are now at a record level,” said Jens Suedekum from the Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
“The trend could reverse, however, after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, as the Republican has promised to impose tariffs of 10% on global imports, in measures he says would boost U.S. manufacturing.” (“Germany’s trade surplus with US reaches record high as Trump tariffs loom” Reuters, 10 January 2025)
Germany is not in a position to stand up to the United States. It needs other European nations to consolidate behind it and demonstrate strength of character, something it cannot do while it has positioned itself on the Left. A shift to the radical Right is needed for this to occur.
NB: When tariffs are properly targeted and implemented, they are beneficial and help’s one’s own country to strengthen or build up their own industries. Historically, there is little correlation between tariffs and inflation.
NATO minus America
An interesting video compared NATO without America to America’s military might.
The comparison shows that in many critical areas, the USA is dominant.
However, if we were to omit Canada, Great Britain, Scandinavia and even Turkey, the EU arm of NATO is far behind the USA, especially give the expansion of the latter as the Trump administration attempts to recover from the huge damage done to the armed services under Biden. It would take a huge decrease in American military funding and tremendous increase in European funding to rival America – and that takes time. Around 10 years or more, starting this year. Building mammoth aircraft carriers, 1000s of missiles, nuclear weapons and so much more, does not occur over a couple of years. Then there is the coordination of national armed forces, different systems, different standards and excessive number of different sorts of equipment.
During the first week of March, leaders of the EU gathered in Brussels for an extraordinary summit dedicated to defence and the situation in Ukraine, in light of escalating concerns regarding Europe’s security framework and its financial foundations. This summit was convened following the unexpected halt of military assistance to Ukraine by Washington in an attempt to end the war, which has intensified the pressure on the bloc to bolster its own defence commitments. In anticipation of the summit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented a new initiative for EU defence financing, introducing the ReArm Europe Plan. Should this plan be implemented, it could enable member states to mobilize as much as 800 billion euros in increased defence expenditures spread over four years. America spends roughly that amount in one year.
America has been virtually bankrupted by reckless, neo-Marxist style spending habits, needless wars, massive overseas aid on unnecessary projects and woke social engineering programs.
It also has the problem of the rise of China and its threatening behaviors.
As such, the country is no longer in a position to defend a rich Europe that has been living off America and undermining it on the world stage. It has to stop no matter who is President, or which party is in power. That is simply inevitable, even if delayed.
Either it stops now under sensible leadership, or America goes bankrupt, and it is forced to quit defending Europe in the most unpleasant circumstances.
Step-by-step, Europe is peeling away from America due to is behaviors. Britain and Canada will likely join America at some point in disgust at Europe’s attitude.
The more peaceful nations of Scandinavia and The Netherlands will probably become neutral and there will probably be reproachment between Russia and the rest of Europe eventually. And when Europe succumbs to the real far right, then I, as an Anglo-Kelt-phile will be concerned.
And that is where the real danger lies for the Anglo-Kelt sphere.
It is truly fated that the world will gradually cleave into several power blocs:
• America and its Anglo-Kelt sphere together with other, related nations.
• Central/Southern/Eastern Europe (allied, at least temporarily with Russia and others);
• Chine and her allies.
• Islamic Nations in North Africa and Near East.
The world peace longed and strived for my Presidents Nixon, Reagan and Trump are continually being undermined.
The EU, led by surreptitious types such as von der Leyen, Macron and others are fueling problems and wars, rather than resolving them. For the present, at least, let us hope that the follow Trumps lead and.
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