John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy

<p>Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech</p><p>Democracy around the globe is under threat from the retreat of Donald Trump’s US into isolationism and its likely replacement by China on the world stage, John Major has said.</p><p>The former UK prime minister, who rarely offers direct opinion on contemporary politics, used an interview with BBC Radio 4 to say Trump’s administration was unlike anything he had seen before – and to warn that Washington may live to regret ceding global leadership to a more autocratic power.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/16/john-major-trump-us-isolationism-threatens-global-democracy">Continue reading...</a>