Spaniards see Trump as the greatest threat to world peace, ahead of Putin

https://english.elpais.com/spain/2026-04-10/spaniards-see-trump-as-the-greatest-threat-to-world-peace-ahead-of-putin.html

33 Comments

  1. grathontolarsdatarod on

    Because he is leading around the world like Putin’s chub. Brushing up against everyone, being inappropriate and ruining the mood.

    I can’t think of much over the last 12 months that the us has done that hasn’t been a directed and unprecedented benefit to Russia and Russian interests.

  2. Bigger military and bigger idiot so technically true, but trump is aging a lot faster than putin, and is a lot more likely to be stopped by his own government depending on the vote later this year.

  3. Normaali_Ihminen on

    Trump is an idiot baffoon. Putin on other hand is meticulously planner and pathological liar. So I pick Putin

  4. Spaniard here.

    We are scared of both Trump and Putin equally but for different reasons. Russia will intentionally launch a nuke, while Trump will accidentally launch one.

    It’s like having a trained assassin with a knife vs a toddler with a knife, both are dangerous.

  5. Evil people act in a predictably rational fashion. Stupid people are unpredictable, so way more dangerous.

  6. the sentiment in my country is that people have started to really dislike americans, i really think after trump term is over (if it ever over) trust will take a lot of time to be rebuilt if ever that will be possible, i would not be surprised if he does something unforgivable towards us

  7. every-day_throw-away on

    Like Putin but more powerful, more things to blackmail him on and less intelligence.

  8. Because Trump has the strongest military in the world behind him, and putins military is very incompetent. They have similar ideals, Trump wields more power.

  9. Most of us Americans see it too. Many of us rally and protest, albeit not enough. Many try to make posts or plans online, but the various apps and sites take things down at the best of times. And because the continental region of the country is so massive, with the majority of people, let alone the vast majority of dissenters, being so spread apart, the very act of organizing and joining together is stunted and made Herculean to say the least. But yes, we do see it, and we want him and his sycophants long gone.

    Their removal won’t fix everything, including the bridges this self-absorbed ass resembling all seven deadly sins has burned in the past almost-fifteen months, but one can hope we can do that much with the system we have left; the system this sack of excrement is trying to dismantle. One can hope enough of us dissenters will finally get up and do something if that fails, because there are too many people relying on our courts, et al., to do the bare minimum.

  10. Spain’s hatred for Trump is quite visible, has been mocked on TV and movies a lot. I like that.

  11. TeaAndLifting on

    America can project force and it has economic heft. Russia is a shit hole and outside of its world-leading misinformation network, its ability to project force ends on its border. Aerica can project military force anywhere in the world, and can economically wage war with any country, bar China, and come out on top. It is aboslutely more of a threat than Russia, with Trump in charge.

    Doubly so when the Trump admin does Russia’s bidding, whether he’s aware or not.

  12. o5mfiHTNsH748KVq on

    Threat? It’s a threat in the same way I’d be threatened by someone that’s already punched me in the face.

  13. At the start of his second term I’d be skeptical of this. Right now, seems spot on. Unfortunately, a major way he is a threat is not just his own outright aggressive idiocy but also the way he is doing so much of Putin’s bidding.

  14. Altruistic_Finger669 on

    Everybody does. He single handedly caused future global recession with his iran war. Its just waiting for it to arrive.

  15. The guy who threatened to genocide an entire country because they retaliated to his attacks by closing a shipping route is seen as a threat to world peace? Crazy. Also I bet his supporters will be like “well maybe the world needs a little shake up so America stops getting bullied” or something along those lines. Trump is not particularly predictable but his followers respond pretty predictably

  16. The Spaniards dealt with fascism more recently than most other western civilizations. It takes several decades to forget, apparently.