Overview
- L’Humanité argues that President Trump’s approach dismantles international cooperation and legal norms in favor of coercion, sanctions and power politics.
- The Arctic—especially Greenland—is presented as a fresh strategic arena, with Emmanuel Macron saying France will deploy personnel there alongside other European countries.
- A Le Journal du Dimanche analysis contends the U.S. is curbing its NATO commitments, pushing Europeans to finance their own defense and eyeing leverage over Ukraine’s strategic resources.
- The coverage links heightened tensions with Iran to the 2018 U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal, saying sanctions and military threats have increased regional instability.
- On Venezuela, L’Humanité accuses Washington of waging a long economic war that hurts civilians and alleges U.S. actions were used to justify President Nicolás Maduro’s “kidnapping.”