Simon Sebag Montefiore

Thank you so much. It's... It's great to be here and great to see you.

Thank you so much. It's... It's great to be here and great to see you.

Thank you so much. It's... It's great to be here and great to see you.

We last saw each other on election day.

We last saw each other on election day.

We last saw each other on election day.

And we called it right.

And we called it right.

And we called it right.

I think that the significance of it was a crisis of confidence in the Western liberal democracies in themselves, and a crisis partly caused by an incredibly complex world crisis, many new powers rising, but also a crisis within the societies of the Western liberal democracies, which had been models of confidence in themselves since 1945.

I think that the significance of it was a crisis of confidence in the Western liberal democracies in themselves, and a crisis partly caused by an incredibly complex world crisis, many new powers rising, but also a crisis within the societies of the Western liberal democracies, which had been models of confidence in themselves since 1945.

I think that the significance of it was a crisis of confidence in the Western liberal democracies in themselves, and a crisis partly caused by an incredibly complex world crisis, many new powers rising, but also a crisis within the societies of the Western liberal democracies, which had been models of confidence in themselves since 1945.

In 1945, the victory of liberal democracies, the defeat of a totalitarian challenge sold the idea of Western capitalist democracy around the world And even new countries that were in fact dictatorships felt they had to look like democracies. They all had presidencies and legislatures and everything. They were just copying America because America was the model of victory. And for systems to win...

In 1945, the victory of liberal democracies, the defeat of a totalitarian challenge sold the idea of Western capitalist democracy around the world And even new countries that were in fact dictatorships felt they had to look like democracies. They all had presidencies and legislatures and everything. They were just copying America because America was the model of victory. And for systems to win...

In 1945, the victory of liberal democracies, the defeat of a totalitarian challenge sold the idea of Western capitalist democracy around the world And even new countries that were in fact dictatorships felt they had to look like democracies. They all had presidencies and legislatures and everything. They were just copying America because America was the model of victory. And for systems to win...

in the world, they have to win wars. They have to be willing to win. And that's the crisis we've really seen in the last 25 years in the United States most significantly, but also in Britain, where I come from, and in Europe.

in the world, they have to win wars. They have to be willing to win. And that's the crisis we've really seen in the last 25 years in the United States most significantly, but also in Britain, where I come from, and in Europe.

in the world, they have to win wars. They have to be willing to win. And that's the crisis we've really seen in the last 25 years in the United States most significantly, but also in Britain, where I come from, and in Europe.

And that is the orthodoxy that was really personified by the disasters of the Obama-Biden administration, often with the best intentions, often with the best values, but a constant self-doubting about America's place in the world, America's mission. So that is, I think, the deeper significance of the election of Trump.

And that is the orthodoxy that was really personified by the disasters of the Obama-Biden administration, often with the best intentions, often with the best values, but a constant self-doubting about America's place in the world, America's mission. So that is, I think, the deeper significance of the election of Trump.