Hellfire: American evangelicals have a crush on this president. Though often profane, he speaks in the simplistic way of born-again sermons and likes conjuring visions of hellfire. His is childlike language, suited to comic-book bubbles and picturebook readers, wherein he tells us who is good, who is bad, and who has been nice to him. Those who have not been nice are morons, idiots, or low-IQ individuals, whether members of the press corps or Supreme Court justices. His enemies face the wrath of God, since in his mind he is both God and avenger. TV and online preachers are in awe of his bluntness. If only they had his power. All this does not sit well in Europe, accustomed as it is to secular politicians, having long ago set aside popes and monarchs. French President Emmanuel Macron has, so far, been the only leading European to vex this Sun King–like figure, others fearing further trade repercussions. Fortunately, a few diplomats have raised their voices, and they deserve credit. Among them is Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, a German national and the former European Union representative to the Palestinian territories, no doubt a low-IQ individual, but, as one myself, I choose to reproduce his incisive words below. Remarking on recent events in the Middle East, this is what he had to say: “How can it serve Europe to be seen as a sidekick of an erratic, unreliable, and apparently megalomaniac U.S. president, or of a warmongering, annexationist Israeli prime minister. That cannot be in Europe’s interest, because it comes at the expense of relations with other parts of the world.” As Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly said, it’s time for Europe to grow up.