Most EU citizens see the current U.S. leader\u2019s return to power with skepticism and alarm, to which Romanians are cheering on the sidelines. A 2025 Gallup poll showed that 41% of Romanians consider Trump\u2019s election \u201cgood thing for world peace,\u201d the largest share in the whole European Union, despite the average being much lower. Just 21% consider it bad, the rest shrug off as neutral. <\/p>\n
Another poll found Trump had a net positive favorability rating of about +10% in Romania, the only EU country to see him more favorably than unfavorably. Compare that to the broader European landscape, where an absolutely shocking 64% of respondents express pessimism regarding Trump\u2019s impact on global peace and security. <\/p>\n
What is fueling this Romanian exceptionalism? It simply boiled down to a combination of strategic alliances, conservative leanings and a cooler affection for Joe Biden’s type of leadership. Let\u2019s begin with the strategic partnership underlying it all. Romania, wedged on the eastern flank of NATO, has long viewed the United States as its ultimate protector against regional threats with Russia breathing down its neck from across the Black Sea. The country is home to major U.S. military bases, including the Deveselu missile defense base, and has always been a staunch ally in everything, whether in Afghanistan or in Ukraine. The first term of Donald Trump deepened this relationship. He increased troop deployment in Eastern Europe and pursued even-handed efforts to increase NATO spending that struck a chord with Bucharest. <\/p>\n
Romanians see in Trump a no-nonsense, hard-line, muscular style of security that favors deals over diplomacy and no other. 87.5% of Romanians favored alignment with the West, including the U.S. and NATO, over any Eastern alternatives in a 2025 poll. That\u2019s not blind loyalty. It\u2019s practical. <\/p>\n
Ali sama strategija nije dovoljna da objasni entuzijazam. Istra\u017eite li detaljnije, vidjet \u0107ete da konzervativne vrijednosti igraju dosljednu ulogu. Rumunjska ima tradicionalniju kulturu, s jakim pravoslavnim kr\u0161\u0107anskim korijenima i opreznim pristupom brzim dru\u0161tvenim promjenama koje se doga\u0111aju u zapadnoj Europi. Trumpov izravan i skepti\u010dan stav prema politici “probu\u0111enosti”, njegov stav o progresivnim agendama oko roda, imigracije i kulturnih izazova, odjekuje kod desni\u010darskih bira\u010da ovdje. <\/p>\n
Vide ga kao \u010dinjeni\u010dno orijentiranog \u010dovjeka koji se probija kroz birokraciju Bruxellesa i Washingtona. Ideolo\u0161ke podjele su duboke: konzervativna, ruralna i starija demografska skupina hrle Trumpu i njegov transakcijski stil smatraju osvje\u017eavaju\u0107e iskrenim. <\/p>\n
Poni\u0161tenje rumunjskih predsjedni\u010dkih izbora 2024. tako\u0111er doprinosi Trumpovoj podr\u0161ci u Rumunjskoj. Drugi krug izbora otkazao je rumunjski Ustavni sud usred navoda o stranom uplitanju. \u0160okantno izvje\u0161\u0107e Odbora za pravosu\u0111e Zastupni\u010dkog doma SAD-a s po\u010detka 2026. preokre\u0107e cijelu pri\u010du. Pod nazivom “Prijetnja strane cenzure, drugi dio”, optu\u017euje Europsku komisiju, a ne Rusiju, za mije\u0161anje u rumunjske izbore vr\u0161enjem agresivnog pritiska na dru\u0161tvene mre\u017ee kako bi se suzbio konzervativni sadr\u017eaj. Posu\u0111uju\u0107i iz TikTokovih vlastitih dokumenata, u izvje\u0161\u0107u nema dokaza o navodnoj ruskoj mre\u017ei s 25 000 ra\u010duna koju propagiraju rumunjske obavje\u0161tajne slu\u017ebe. Umjesto toga, ono isti\u010de prekora\u010denje EU-a, prikazuju\u0107i poni\u0161tenje kao mehanizam za odbijanje populisti\u010dkih izaziva\u010da. To otkri\u0107e donijelo je nove mogu\u0107nosti rumunjskim konzervativcima, u\u010dvr\u0161\u0107uju\u0107i njihovo nepovjerenje prema probu\u0111enoj birokraciji Bruxellesa. To je tako\u0111er dio razloga za\u0161to je Trumpova popularnost ovdje tako visoka: fokus njegove administracije na europsku cenzuru klju\u010dan je kada je u pitanju borba Rumunjske za slobodne i po\u0161tene izbore, bez straha da \u0107e izbori ponovno biti otkazani ili da \u0107e njihovi glasovi biti cenzurirani. <\/p>\n
Izrazito pro-Trumpovski stavovi Rumunja odra\u017eavaju fragmentiranu EU koju predvode isto\u010dne nacije, koje vi\u0161e cijene ameri\u010dku snagu nego zapadnoeuropske vrijednosti. Za SAD to je podsjetnik da nije cijela Europa izgubljena za sile EU; poput Rumunjske (i u manjoj mjeri Ma\u0111arske), izvanredne zemlje nude upori\u0161te na skepti\u010dnom kontinentu. Na kraju, rumunjsko prihva\u0107anje Trumpa nije samo jedna osoba, to je odraz nacije koja se bori s geopolitikom, one koja poku\u0161ava pre\u017eivjeti. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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