LUCID HOPE Portugal and the European Union in the Face of the Tragedy of Trump's Mistakes

Portugal and the European Union, in the Face of the Tragedy of Trump's Mistakes. Treaty on Political, Economic, Financial,Trade, Social, and Military Strategy Treaty for the Decade 2026–2036. In memory of those who, throughout all generations, refused to accept fate as law. To the young Portuguese who will inherit the country that their elders will leave them.To Europe, weary of ancient wars and always capable of starting over. “When empires go into decline, the first thing they lose is not territory—it is the internal coherence of their decisions. The peripheries begin to feel the turmoil long before the decline becomes visible in the center.” - Author's note, on the sidelines of the U.S. elections in November 2024. The first part is institutional: the erosion of the checks and balances that have disciplined the American presidency for seventy years. The second is kinetic: the return of war between states, on an expeditionary scale, as an instrument of foreign policy, exemplified by the campaign against Iran. The third is cognitive: the realization, by both allies and adversaries, that the United States has ceased to be a reliable provider of global public goods, instead of...