European media have exhausted every fiery metaphor to convey their collective leftist dismay that President Donald J. Trump stood by his campaign pledge to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and relocate the U.S. embassy there.
Belgian left-wing newspaper De Morgen headed their front page with the headline: “Trump Opens Gates of Hell”. The publication, based in the highly Muslim-populated European Union capital of Brussels, quoted Palestinian reactions to the decision, writing: “We fear this decision will set the region on fire.”
L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s newspaper, joined in the circuit of ‘inflammatory’ headlines by leading with, “Trump Inflames the Middle East”, and alluding to an increased “risk of terrorism in the region” as well as “mounting fears of possible demonstrations of protest and unrest”.
Britain’s left-wing Independent website, which was formerly a newspaper before its declining circulation forced it to go digital, wrote: “Trump Risks a Fire with No End.”
France’s Le Croix ran with “Trump Blows on the Embers”, its online article describing the decision as “explosive”, with Le Figaro describing the “wave of international outrage” — mostly coming from leftist leaders and Islamic extremist governments. READ MORE
