"The world during Donald Trump's second presidency has entered a period of danger with certain similarities to the 30s, according to Mitch McConnell, the veteran Republican former Senate leader. McConnell made the comments primarily in reference to tariffs and foreign affairs, in a wide-ranging interview with the Lexington Herald-Leader published on Wednesday as he prepares to enter his final year in office."
"Calling it the most dangerous period since before world war two, McConnell was openly critical of the Trump administration's fixation with trade tariffs, which he likened to the isolationist policies of the US in the 1930s that historians say hastened a global depression that paved the path to conflict. But while decrying the lack of US preparedness to confront authoritarian regimes abroad,"
"He also glossed over his own responsibility for handing Trump so much power. As majority leader, McConnell maneuvered to deny Barack Obama a rightful supreme court pick, and rushed to give Trump another in the final weeks of his first term in 2020. It made McConnell the architect of the current ultraconservative 6-3 majority on a panel that critics say has been overly loyal to Trump, not least last year's astonishing ruling giving him immunity for criminal acts."
The world during Donald Trump's second presidency has entered a period of danger with parallels to the 1930s. Tariff-focused trade policies resemble 1930s isolationism and risk accelerating economic decline and geopolitical instability. Lack of US preparedness to confront authoritarian regimes abroad heightens strategic vulnerability. Strategic Senate maneuvers denied Barack Obama a Supreme Court pick and enabled an ultraconservative 6-3 majority that has issued rulings perceived as highly protective of Trump, including a decision granting him immunity for criminal acts. Retirement plans follow a renewed focus on defense and foreign policy.
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