For me, America has always been a symbol of free thinkers and opportunity. As a kid, I experienced communism in the Czech Republic, and the USA really was a beacon of freedom for us. But in recent years, its light has been going out. America was in crisis. And when the USA is in crisis, the whole world is infected. Unnecessary wars have arisen, centuries-old values have collapsed, and freedom has been restricted.
The return of Donald Trump and his people changes that.
The good old USA is back: confident, strong, free, and democratic. That’s what I knew in my youth, and that’s the America I admired. I believe the return of Donald Trump is a return to peaceful conflict resolution and respect for life. I know that Donald Trump sincerely desires an end to the war in Ukraine and is devoting enormous energy to this goal. The USA is changing the world for the better and is finally being heard again.
But the so-called “democratic” forces that aggressively promoted progressivism and woke ideology are hardly giving up. They continue to try to undermine the efforts of the U.S. and try to create crisis after crisis. They do not want peace; their choice is war. Such anti-American voices are loud, especially in Europe. I consider it my duty to write clearly that not all political forces in Europe are against the U.S. As a Czech politician, I actively support the new America, and I am not ashamed of it. The Czech Republic is very grateful to the U.S.
America stood at the cradle of Czech independence in 1918; in 1945, it participated in the liberation from Nazism, and in 1989 America helped return freedom and democracy to the Czechs. Thank you, America! That is why I consider it important that my homeland, the Czech Republic, follow the U.S. and be a solid ally and aircraft carrier of the U.S. in Europe. We are destined for each other more than other nations.
There is a lot of talk about Europe having to become completely independent from the USA. I do not agree with that. Every time in history, when Europe has been outside of cooperation with the USA, terrible wars have occurred with tens of millions of deaths. Europe without the USA also means an increase in anti-Semitism. This is not in the interest of the Czech Republic. I support and propose close cooperation with the USA and clear support for Israel. This autumn, there will be parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic. I believe that people will support the concept of Czech-American cooperation and reject the dangerous European dream leading to conflict.
Peace for the Czech Republic means partnership with the USA.
Radek Vondráček is the former President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, current Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Deputy Chairman of the opposition movement ANO. Image by Sejm RP.
