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It is known that gun control has torn apart American politics for about 60 years, since cinema and journalism slowly put into crisis the model of the man who is always armed and ready to defend his rights with a gun in hand.
Many people are asking why the unofficial EU summit is taking place in Budapest. On Friday, EU heads of state and government were invited to Viktor Orbán's home. Some malicious voices speculated that they went there to scold and silence the Hungarian Prime Minister.
In fact, only Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico declared from the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine that EU policies had followed the line of the arms industry, recommended by Western financial powers.
The same financial powers, which, and so secretly, first sponsored the presidency of Joe Biden in the USA, and then the electoral campaign of Kamala Harris. It is no coincidence that there were two assassination attempts (in Pennsylvania and Florida) against Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
According to some well-informed people within the NRA (National Rifle Association), there was a big divide during the last election campaign, due to the support of one part for the Democrats and the other for the Republicans.
The "Trump" effect was the most frightening for the big western banks that protect investors
majors in the arms industry. In fact, he promised that in their term he will end conflicts around the world, and above all he will help American manufacturing companies, which
are not engaged in the production of weapons.
A commitment, for which the new president of the USA expressed himself even more firmly after 2 assassination attempts against him, pledging to impose restrictions on the sale and use of weapons, to such an extent that no president (republican or democrat) has never allowed himself to mention them, even indirectly.
To this should be added the fact that for years Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the European Union of pursuing a double financial policy: officially the EU promotes extreme ecological policies and a façade of pacifism, but on the other hand it promotes the industry of war to the detriment of traditional production.
Today, Putin's accusations can be heard precisely in the new Trump presidency, promoting lasting peace in Ukraine, and above all shedding light on the lies that supported the re-election of Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission.
It is no coincidence that Mario Draghi, an Italian technocrat with strong ties to the banking industry, was also present in Budapest. The global arms industry has a total annual turnover of over 600 billion dollars, and experts estimate that it is constantly growing.
Because global military spending is one of the factors that has never experienced a decline. This was one of the reasons why Draghi advised the EU to abandon production and agriculture and focus on weapons and facade ecology.
However, in the US the budget of the arms industry is 238 billion dollars: the all-time record figure was reached in 2023, precisely during the Biden presidency, and this is where the commitment of a significant part of the NRA to support the candidacy originates. of Kamala Harris.
In Italy, the arms lobby is represented by ANPAM, which annually publishes data on its annual profits. This company has an economic value of about 7.5 billion euros, with a weight of 0.42 percent of the Italian GDP.
It is known that gun control has torn apart American politics for about 60 years, since cinema and journalism slowly put into crisis the model of the man who is always armed and ready to defend his rights with a gun in hand.
After the two attacks, it is Trump who is promising restrictions that Democrats would not even have dared to consider. Since the 1960s, the United States has been divided over the easy sale of firearms. After the attacks on him, Trump publicly stated during a campaign rally that he was not afraid of the gun lobby.
Of course he reignited the debate, and let's not forget that in Texas it is still allowed by federal law to carry a mother in public. Today in the US, even pacifists are asking whether a president capable of questioning the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees all Americans the right to own weapons for defensive purposes, has risen to the top.
Of course, this Trump project has also caused dissatisfaction among Republicans, because they fear the signing of an "executive order" by the White House, which, bypassing Congress, would impose major restrictions on the arms industry.
Trump's initiative would cause great embarrassment for both Republican and Democratic congressmen and senators. Republican lawmakers received about $26 million in campaign funding from the NRA, while nearly double that amount went to Democrats.
It is known that under the presidency of the Democrats, the USA managed to occupy 1/3 of the world arms market. Meanwhile, France is confirmed as the European Union's leading country in the war industry, and we know that President Emmanuel Macron intends to put his military leaders in charge of the EU's defense.
But the supposed peace with Russia disrupts the plans of the European political and financial powers. Once again, Von der Leyen and Macron are being supported by the powerful Democratic lobbies in the US, who, through newspapers and television, have supported the opposition to the European center-right governments, which are interested in distancing themselves from the wars.
EU leaders are currently in deep trouble, fearing that the Trump effect could also allow countries most closely monitored by the EU Commission (such as Italy and Hungary) to distance themselves from sanctions. of Brussels, obligations and compliance with regulations. So we may have the end of an era, but also the beginning of a new Europe./ Adapted "Pamphlet" from "Opinione.it"
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