Wall Street Journal Demands Donald Trump Explain Alleged Pro-Russia Shift in State of the Union Address

The Wall Street Journal editorial board warned Sunday that President Donald Trump’s apparent alignment with Russia could plunge the world into a perilous era of great power rivalry. After berating Ukraine’s leader, Trump’s isolationist stance raises fears of abandoning allies and ceding Europe to Moscow’s grip.

The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal demanded late Sunday that President Trump clarify his plans for the country in his State of the Union address in light of his apparent alliance with Russia.

On the conservative journal’s editorial page, Trump was depicted as making the globe a more “dangerous” place, just two days after he and Vice President J.D. Vance scolded and harassed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press availability in the Oval Office.

They stated that Trump’s policy appears to be aligning with that of Tucker Carlson and JD Vance, who regard the United States as a declining power incapable of leading or protecting the West, based on the president’s statements and actions.

“Mr. Trump has demanded control over the Panama Canal, which the U.S. ceded by treaty in 1999. And he wants Denmark to sell Greenland to the U.S.,” the editors noted, pointing out that Trump seems to be abandoning America’s longstanding friends in favor of Moscow. And he wants the United States to buy Greenland from Denmark.

WSJ reiterates its allegation that these actions suggest a worldview held by American isolationists for a long time: that the United States should allow Russia to rule Europe and the Pacific, and China to dominate the Pacific.

Furthermore, unless Trump strikes a nuclear agreement with Iran, the Middle East is likely to continue being a contentious region, The Raw Story shares.

They went on to say that this “… would amount to an epochal return to the world of great power competition and balance of power that prevailed before World War II. It’s less a brave new world than a reversion to a dangerous old one.”

Citing Vance’s claim that the second Trump administration is “stripping away” foreign policy illusions, the editors asked, “If Messrs. Trump and Vance really are ‘stripping away’ illusions, why not have the courage to say what those illusions are? Perhaps it’s because such retreat might not be as popular as vague promises of peace. ”