All of this is starting to resemble classic imperialism... 0 9

Historian Janis Taurens critically assessed the foreign policy of the current head of the White House in an interview with the program "Brīvības bulvāris" (Boulevard of Freedom) on Latvian Radio and warned about the consequences of such a policy.

"I don’t know, all of this is starting to remind me of the 19th century. When everyone did what they wanted. Interventions, invasions, some kind of balance of power... That is, the famous balance of power of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, which he talked so much about. There were many such interventions – even at the beginning of the century, American interventions in Latin America, there were also many...

All of this is starting to resemble classic imperialism. Such a poorly disguised one.

If, let’s say, a new order is being formed, and it has long been said that there should be many centers of power, not just one, then the other centers of power are not very sympathetic – Russia, China... In any case, looking from the perspective of our interests, it is unlikely that such a new order could emerge that would be beneficial for us.