Former President Donald Trump’s clear mandate for the next four years is causing some anguish not only among the American coastal elite, but also in Europe, Iran and probably China.

It was not only high gas and housing prices and the Biden-Harris administration’s hapless immigration policy — which the White House only seriously addressed at the 11th hour — that alienated the majority of voters. It was also Vice President Kamala Harris’s inability, perhaps unwillingness to move too far from her San Francisco progressive past. She focused far too heavily on abortion, but not at all on the controversies surrounding transgender athletes in girls' sports. She said nothing at all about diversity, equity and inclusion programs in industry and academia.

And she did not, perhaps could not, distance herself from the Biden administration itself, including its national security policies and decisions — in which, according to Bob Woodward’s latest book, she was heavily involved.

Trump’s return to the White House has set off alarm bells overseas, most notably in Europe. He claims that he will bring about a settlement of the Ukraine conflicts upon taking office. Whether he is the reincarnation of Teddy Roosevelt — who won a Novel Peace Prize for mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War — remains an open question.

Not surprisingly, given his unvarnished admiration for Vladimir Putin, Trump’s promise to bring a halt to the war in Ukraine has left Kyiv especially nervous. America’s Eastern European allies are worried as well.

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