The most damning indictments often come from unexpected sources. Last week in Brussels, Robert Fico, Slovakia’s prime minister and one of Europe’s most vocal Trump supporters, pulled aside his fellow European leaders to share what he’d witnessed during a private meeting with the American president. The word he used to describe Trump’s demeanor? “Dangerous.”
Let that sink in for a moment. This isn’t coming from some liberal European bureaucrat or a member of the so-called “deep state.” This is a man who spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference praising Trump, who’s consistently defended the president’s approach to Ukraine, and who proudly posted about his access to Mar-a-Lago on social media. When someone who’s been in your corner starts warning others about your “psychological state,” you’ve crossed a threshold that should terrify us all.
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Of course, Fico now denies the whole thing. He took to social media calling it “lies,” claiming no one heard anything, no one saw anything, there are no witnesses. But here’s the problem with that defense: five different European diplomats from four separate governments confirmed the conversation happened. These aren’t political opponents making things up. These are professional diplomats doing their jobs, briefed by their own leaders who were in the room.
The timing matters too. This emergency EU summit was hastily arranged after Trump threatened to seize Greenland, sending shockwaves through the transatlantic alliance. European leaders gathered to discuss how to handle an American president who seems increasingly untethered from diplomatic norms and strategic reality. That Fico chose that moment to share his concerns speaks volumes about what he must have witnessed.
But the cracks in Trump’s coalition aren’t just showing up in Europe. Back home, the president is hemorrhaging support from his own party over DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s disastrous tenure. Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, have publicly called for her removal following the chaos in Minneapolis. Tillis said flatly that “she should be out of a job.” Murkowski went further, saying she wouldn’t support Noem’s nomination again and believes it’s time for her to step down.
Trump’s response? He called them “losers” and “terrible senators.” Never mind that they’re members of his own party trying to hold his administration accountable. Never mind that 120 House Democrats have co-sponsored an impeachment resolution against Noem. Never mind that Senator Jack Rosen pointed out she’s been “an abject failure” for the past year, with recent violent altercations proving she’s lost control of her department.
This is the pattern we keep seeing: loyalty over competence, grievance over governance, and attacks on anyone who dares to question the emperor’s clothes. When European allies who’ve defended you start privately warning others about your mental state, that’s not fake news. When your own party members say your cabinet secretary needs to go, that’s not a witch hunt. These are warning signs that something has gone profoundly wrong.
The American people deserve leaders who can handle criticism from their own side without melting down. We deserve a Homeland Security secretary who commands respect rather than inspiring impeachment resolutions. Most importantly, we deserve a president whose psychological state doesn’t alarm our closest allies.
When even your friends start sounding the alarm, maybe it’s time to listen. The question is whether anyone in Trump’s shrinking circle has the courage to tell him the truth, or whether we’ll continue careening forward until the damage becomes irreversible.
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