It’s clear to all but the determinedly ignorant that Europe and the United States under Donald Trump are no longer allies. Trump is prepared to go to war to extend his racist vision of the world. Trump is not using euphemisms or code words; he wants white power and as long as European countries are open to immigrants from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, they will be on his enemies list.

The prospect of a hostile United States across the ocean and an aggressively hostile Russia on its border has to look bad to the European democracies. Making matters worse is that the countries of Europe are far from united and they have their own white power parties to contend with.

The leaders of France, Germany, the UK and other European countries will have to figure out how to make democracy look more promising to their populations than beating up dark-skinned people. But they also need to be open-minded in looking to allies. In this respect, Europe should have China on its speed-dial list.

No one has any illusions about China being a beacon of democracy. President Xi is an authoritarian leader who strictly limits dissent. However, unlike Trump, Xi does not feel the need to tell the Europeans how they should govern themselves. And he certainly doesn’t feel the need to push for white supremacy.

There is much that Europe can........

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