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‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row
(www.theguardian.com)
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Don't worry about the "free world," just focus on Europe.
But they are talking about the free world, the whole free world.
And just to be clear "free world" is not a synonym for the USA, it means democratic countries in general.
By saying "the free world needs a new leader", what they mean is, the US can't be in charge any more, because they aren't part of the free world right now. So that's the situation, they're going to have to step up and focus on more than just Europe.
Why do the Democratic countries of the world need a "leader?" Why is it necessary for one of the democratic countries to "be in charge" of the others? The relationship between the democratic countries of the world - and all countries of the world - should be one of mutual respect and equality. There shouldn't be a power hierarchy among countries, democratic or otherwise.
We really don't need such a leader, and in practice don't have one at all. Usually it is a collision of mutual interests, at best.