The world wakes up to Trump
Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention drew largely negative reactions from much of the rest of the world on Friday, with some labeling it "apocalyptic," "dystopian" and a "horror story."
One writer for Britain's The Guardian wrote that "the ability of this demagogue to play the crowd, switching its anger on and off like a tap, carries too many echoes of the past century to ignore."
The Republican presidential nominee went into the speech having already bewildered much of Europe by suggesting that the United States should ignore its NATO obligations and not always automatically aid a fellow alliance member under attack.
Trump painted a portrait of a U.S. under siege — by crime, illegal immigrants, Islamist terrorists and a rigged political system.
"Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it," the real estate mogul declared.
Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion and Russian political dissident who has run afoul of the Kremlin, tweeted in response: "I’ve heard this sort of speech a lot in the last 15 years and trust me, it doesn’t sound any better in Russian."
More: The World Reacts To Trump’s ‘Apocalyptic’ And ‘Dystopian’ Vision
Scary stuff. No, I'm sure "it doesn't sound any better in Russian"...
Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention drew largely negative reactions from much of the rest of the world on Friday, with some labeling it "apocalyptic," "dystopian" and a "horror story."
One writer for Britain's The Guardian wrote that "the ability of this demagogue to play the crowd, switching its anger on and off like a tap, carries too many echoes of the past century to ignore."
The Republican presidential nominee went into the speech having already bewildered much of Europe by suggesting that the United States should ignore its NATO obligations and not always automatically aid a fellow alliance member under attack.
Trump painted a portrait of a U.S. under siege — by crime, illegal immigrants, Islamist terrorists and a rigged political system.
"Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it," the real estate mogul declared.
Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion and Russian political dissident who has run afoul of the Kremlin, tweeted in response: "I’ve heard this sort of speech a lot in the last 15 years and trust me, it doesn’t sound any better in Russian."
More: The World Reacts To Trump’s ‘Apocalyptic’ And ‘Dystopian’ Vision
Scary stuff. No, I'm sure "it doesn't sound any better in Russian"...
