TRUMP 6/7 Donald Trump has been a major influence on the World in the past few months, making the United States a center of attention among countries in Europe, the Americas, and everywhere else. The LILA Gazette examines how some of those countries choose to characterize Trump in their own media.

By Eden Perkins – 10th grade.

Since his inauguration on January 20th, 2025, Trump has made many radical choices and changes to the United States already, including recognizing only two genders, making border patrols stricter and ICE raids more frequent, and planning to add tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. But, how do other countries view him and his political beliefs? And how do they choose to portray them in their own country? 

It is clear that the U.S. and China are in a sort of “tariff war,” as Trump has put 145% tariffs on China and the latter has retaliated with 125% tariffs on the US. BBC reports that “Global markets [are] in flux as Trump says US ‘doing really well’ on tariffs policy” as the top article on their website. BBC explains that most countries see Trump’s actions as having a negative impact on the world, and that he is making trading itself harder than it used to be. The BBC also uses headlines such as “Trump had five tariff goals – has he achieved any of them?” in order to imply that Trump has not done everything he has wanted to. They also use phrases that shed the President in a bad light, for example with “picking a fight” in the sentence “…picking a fight with the second-largest economy in the world, with military power to match, comes at enormous risk” (Anthony Zurcher – BBC). Often described as the most reliable news source in the UK, BBC is meant to be an impartial media. However, when it comes to Donald Trump, even the BBC ends up emanating some sort of opinion. But, on the French side of things, what does Le Monde think about the 47th President of the US?

Le Monde writes that “Donald Trump has embarked on an impressive blitzkrieg on multiple fronts.” “Blitzkrieg” is a word that references a Nazi War tactic during World War II, where they would bombard enemies with an overwhelming combination of tanks, artillery, and ariel assaults, insinuating a comparison between Trump’s tactics and the Nazis. They also say that Trump has “caused many geopolitical upheavals and forced US allies to reposition themselves,” in order to describe the extent of his radicality. Le Monde also shows how Trump can affect people working with him, using headlines such as “Musk loses much (but not all) by working with Trump” and “Trump fires Mike Waltz, a misfit in his White House.” On top of this, Le Monde also openly calls out his hypocrisy: “Trump and Putin may brandish the Bible, but they are not servants of Christianity.” It seems quite obvious that Le Monde does not have a positive view of Donald Trump, but what about Courrier International?

At the end of April, Courrier International, which is owned by Le Monde, published an article from the New Yorker titled “La Liberté Bafouée par Donald Trump,” which means “Liberty, Trampled by Donald Trump.” Courrier International is a source that publishes translations from articles from around the world, but, since its editors are European, it seems obvious that Courrier would lean more towards publishing articles biased against Trump. This is highlighted by their choice in articles such as “La stupéfiante interview de Donald Trump à ‘The Atlantic’” (Donald Trump’s Shocking Interview with ‘The Atlantic’) and “Aux États-Unis, la popularité de Donald Trump est en chute libre” (In the US, Donald Trump’s popularity is in a free fall). In the article, translated from The Economist, “Encore 1 361 jours à supporter Donald Trump” (Another 1,361 days of supporting Trump), Courrier uses a phrase that creates an idea of impatience to get rid of Trump as president. 

From criticizing Trump’s ambitions to comparing him to Nazis, newsletters on the European side of the world definitely have a bias, and make it very clear. The US is changing rapidly, and, however you spin it, it’s changing the world around it as well. 

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