April 26, 2026 | Rome, Italy
Christopher P. Winner January 27, 2026 at 4:12 pm

Europeans are also struggling to come to grips with a second fatal shooting of a civilian by Customs and Immigration police in troubled Minneapolis. Partisan finger-pointing aside, it can seem to some that deportation-happy America is, because of a president’s harsh views, at war with its own people. Many no longer recognize the nation they embraced in solidarity after the 9/11 attacks. In Italy, critics of the new mood see parallels to the 1924 Giacomo Matteotti killing, in which Mussolini’s Fascist police murdered an opposition politician and opened the door to more systematic oppression. In any event, the large contingent of would-be tourists to America are beginning to void their plans. They are for the first time in memory afraid of walking into harm’s way. The damage this president is causing to his nation’s global reputation is incalculable, his ICE raping the ghost of Emma Lazarus, RIP.