The world is watching protests against police brutality now convulsing U.S. cities. And authoritarian leaders, often on the receiving end of American lectures on human rights, seemed thrilled at the opportunity to seize the moral high ground
Protestors march down Queen Street in Auckland, New Zealand. | Hannah Peters/Getty Images
Some overseas commentators are laying the blame at the feet of the current U.S. president. Tom Switzer, head of Australian right-wing think thank the Center for Independent Studies, wrote in today’s Sydney Morning Herald that, “President Donald Trump, far from leading the healing, is fanning the flames of resentments and hatreds while the quiet voices of the thoughtful people of goodwill — the folks who want to build bridges — are in short supply.
In Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union, there are worries about what comes next, as the U.S. heads to the polls later this year. There's been heated debate about how to conduct the election amid the pandemic, with the president and his supporters circulating unfounded suggestions that mail-in voting is subject to significant fraud. One EU diplomat expressed concern to POLITICO about what Trump will do if he narrowly loses the election in November.
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