This past weekend, the self-proclaimed leaders of the global Left gathered in Barcelona to complain about Donald Trump and to declare that they are the real and legitimate representatives of the global masses, as they pushed back against the American president, his policies, and his purported destruction of the post-World War II institutions they profess to respect and cherish. The Global Progressive Mobilization conference, which drew some 6,000 elected representatives and activists from around the world, was organized and hosted by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who has positioned himself as Trump’s chief international critic over the last several weeks. Sanchez said that he intends to turn Barcelona into a “hub of resistance” to Trump and the global Right and told the gathering that he will “twist the arm of the people who think they are completely untouchable.”
It is not entirely clear what Sanchez can actually do to twist anyone’s arm, literally or figuratively. As the prime minister of Spain, he oversees a lower-mid-tier EU economy and commands a lower-mid-tier global military. He talks a good game and proclaims to represent the morally superior political position, but his actions belie ulterior motives. He demands an end to American and Israeli tyranny and neocolonialism, even as he openly and unashamedly embraces ideas and partners that demonstrate, at best, an indifference to genuine tyrannical and colonial behavior.
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