Anne Applebaum's harsh commentary on Trump's nominations. “Pro-Russian”

– Pro-Russian and hostile EU nominations president-elect of the United States Donald Trump have not yet been understood in Europe – an American publicist warned in an interview for the Spanish daily “El Mundo”. Anne Applebaum, area Radosław Sikorski Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.

Trump's first nominations for the highest office in the country “include people who are openly pro-Russian and actively they don't like the EU“- she noted.

She mentioned it as an exception Rubio Brandwho in the new administration is to take the position of Secretary of State, i.e. the head of American diplomacy. “Rubio is fine, he's a Cuban-American who understands the danger of autocracy very well,” Applebaum said.

However, she is concerned about nominations such as: Matta Gaetzawho will be the new prosecutor general, or Tulsi Gabbardwho will become Director of National Intelligence. As Applebaum said, these are people who “sympathize with Putin” and “spread his propaganda.”

– W Europe these nominations have not yet been understood – said the publicist.

The author of the book “Concern Autocracy” emphasized that Russia belongs to the global “network of dictatorships”, which also includes, among others, China, Iran, Venezuela, Syria Whether Cuba. “Their goal is to create uncertainty in the democratic world,” she added.

“Trump is unlikely to see himself as the leader of the world's democracies,” Applebaum said. – If Europeans want to live in a world of laws and the rule of law, they will have to build such leadership themselves, she added.

The columnist also criticized the functioning of the X platform (formerly Twitter), which belongs to the billionaire Elon Musksupporting Trump. – This is no longer a social network that is compatible with liberal democracy and we need to think very seriously about its role as a source of disruption in society, she warned.