The Alternative for Germany Party has caught the attention of some U.S. Republicans, who are exploring the prospect of a Western cultural hegemony.

On Monday, October 19, Marc Bernhard, a representative of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) at the German Bundestag, will deliver a speech on «Mass Migration and the Future of the West» at Georgetown University in Washington, at the invitation of the College Republicans. Repressive policies toward immigrants and widespread forced repatriation—often without the required legal protections, even in cases of illegal status—are common ground between the two parties on either side of the Atlantic.

However, their similarities are not limited to this. They also share a vision of governing the nation through the use of force, relying on police and military, and both nations desire to distance themselves from political and legal constraints imposed by international organizations that would dilute their pride.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio made this clear in his speech at the Acropolis in Athens, a site symbolic of European culture: «The thumos, as the ancient Greeks called it – the fire.

The wars and the oil blockades may be waiting for Xi’s party congress. The US could face significant short-term trouble. China’s long-term future is uncertain. The EU hazard.

Just as Vladimir and Estragon waited for Godot in Beckett’s famous play, the world may now be waiting for Xi Jinping in the present political drama.

America is stuck in two wars. In Ukraine, it would like to reach a compromise with Russia. In the Middle East, it is trying to bring down Tehran’s regime, which backs many extremist groups in the region and blocks oil traffic through the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. Both conflicts are creating an oil crisis unlike any seen in over 50 years and are driving President Donald Trump’s approval ratings down.

Trump could therefore be soundly defeated in the midterm vote on November 3, which, in theory, opens two scenarios. Either Trump contests the result at the ballot box, trapping the country in a devastating political fight that will drown America for months; or he accepts the outcome, and the new Democratic-majority Congress.