Berlin, Germany (Weltexpress). Hysterical reactions were to be expected. Wednesday morning saw a collective outcry in Germany. The tenor: with Donald Trump’s return, dark and dangerous times await us. The end of the ‘democratic West’ together with Ukraine was announced. Instead, the end of the traffic light came on the same day.
But while half of the political traffic light coalition in Berlin was panicking about the consequences of a possible ‘Trumpocalypse’ for their political future, the other half of the coalition was already planning the next internal conflict in the coalition, which then actually brought about the end of the coalition that same Wednesday evening. One sensational report followed hot on the heels of the other. What was not reported on Wednesday evening was that the end of the coalition had fulfilled the fervent wish of a growing majority of Germans, who were delighted at the prospect of an end to the economic and social destruction wrought by the coalition.
Germany’s economic and social decline did not begin with the traffic light, but with the CDU led by Angela Merkel. Angela has led our country straight to the edge of the abyss. The dubious merit of the traffic light coalition is that it has continued to drive our country over the edge into the abyss along Merkel’s path.
With the dissolution of the coalition, political Berlin is facing chaos and a unique new situation for the Federal Republic, namely a minority government without a quorum and a valid budget. To distract from this, the courtiers in the editorial offices of the German media are delighted with the topic of Trump’s victory, and they have started a choral song of a mixture of lament and outrage.
In the German newspapers, there is hardly any room left for headlines that do not associate Donald Trump with a ‘step backwards into dark times’. There is talk of a ‘nightmare’, as if the man in a black cloak and with a scythe were haunting Europe. In fact, however, it is not so much Trump that is feared as the fact that German politics, whether in the economy, finance, security or other areas, would now have to stand on its own two feet, and that the currently prevailing structures are incapable of doing so.
To make Germany fit for the future again, a complete turnaround is needed. A policy must be pursued that prioritises German (not EU) interests. But in important areas, such as policy on China or Russia, both our national and EU politicians have excelled as transatlantic recipients of orders. They have primarily served US interests, although they have harmed and continue to harm our economy and society. For these ‘good services’, the big transatlantic brother rewards his loyal servants in our government, in politics and affiliated authorities and the media, with the support of their careers, with international prestige and in financial matters. Under US President Trump, this form of ‘civilised’ corruption between the US hegemon and its vassals in the EU, including Germany, will no longer exist. Because Trump is not a diplomat, but a deal-maker who speaks plain language.
If we take a step back and look at the leading figures and the political orientation of the established parties in Germany (CDU/CSU, SPD, Greens, FDP), then they all sit between two chairs that have opposing views of world politics. And in none of these parties can you find a top politician who has not politically ‘burned’ himself with offensive comments and actions, both in the Kremlin and with Trump and his supporters. The established parties and their leading political personnel have, as far as Germany’s future is concerned, consigned themselves to political irrelevance.
An important question for the future is: Can the run-down personnel of these parties, who have driven our country into the mud, be trusted, both mentally and technically, to accomplish the difficult and enormously costly task of bringing our country back onto solid ground? This is unlikely, because the most important prerequisite for this, namely trust, is missing at both the national and international level.
The last elections have already shown and the next ones will confirm it even more clearly that the established parties are now only empty shells and are of no interest to the majority of the population. How are these parties supposed to rebuild trust among the population and find support for their already documented failed policies between now and the new elections at the beginning of next year?
After years of never tiring of ridiculing and insulting Trump as a person, the politicians of the established parties will find it difficult to establish normal or even good relations with him. But Trump is president of the country that receives the largest percentage of German exports. Trump has no reason to be accommodating towards the Germans, which will deepen the problems of German industry in an already crisis-ridden situation. This situation also shows how criminally irresponsible the policy of the green do-gooder at the head of the Foreign Office is.
With regard to Trump and the USA, it is particularly ironic that the same German politicians and media who so often speak of Germany’s ‘global responsibility’ and ‘European sovereignty’ are now lamenting the fact that they may lose transatlantic support under Trump, on whom they now admit they depend for the implementation of their plans.
For example, an important prerequisite for Germany’s economic future would be to restore access to reliable, high-quality and affordable Russian energy, which has been a pillar of Germany’s economic success in the past. But after all the German spitefulness, the political underhandedness (Minsk II) and fraud (theft of Russian property worth tens of billions) and terrorist attacks (pipeline explosions), and support for the fascist Banderists in Ukraine with weapons and money, the promoting anti-Russian attitudes in the media and society and sport, combined with countless insults against the Russian people. After all this and much more, the question arises again: which leading politician from the established German parties could the Russian government trust to conduct honest negotiations?
If Germany wants to have any chance at all of emerging from this political, economic, social and socio-political crisis, which has been driven partly by neo-liberal ideology and partly by green fantasies of doom, in anything like a halfway decent shape, then, to put it mildly, not only the entire top personnel of the established parties, but also the self-appointed ‘elites’ in the media and so-called think tanks would have to be sent into the wilderness to guarantee an unencumbered fresh start for political life in our country. We have the chance to make a start in the upcoming new elections, in which a clear signal must be sent to the political chaos troops that have ruled so far.
