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Are there 10 courageous Republicans who can save America?

By Alon Ben-Meir - posted Thursday, 29 January 2026


Tying NATO and Arctic security to a coercive takeover of Greenland, justifying it by the fact that he was not given the Nobel Peace Prize, while destabilizing the alliance's legal and territorial integrity.

Embracing "America First" unilateralism, sidelining multilateral institutions, normalizing policy by ultimatum, and signaling that US commitments are transactional and even reversible.

Denigrating democratic allies while praising authoritarian leaders like Putin, supporting right-wing parties in Europe, and delegitimizing liberalism.

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Launching a resource-driven intervention, invading Venezuela to control its oil, threatening the sovereignty of other Latin American states, and pursuing regime change over multilateral diplomacy.

Providing unwavering diplomatic cover and military backing to Israel, ignoring its genocide, enabling siege tactics and famine, and undermining international law.

Are there 10 Republican Lawmakers with a Spine?

When I landed in the US more than 50 years ago, I said to myself, with joyful tears, "This is the promised land, here is where I will realize the American dream." For me, this glorious nation was the true light unto all others, the most noble experiment in democracy and freedom in human history.

With all its mistakes and misadventures, America was unrivaled, compassionate and caring, with millions upon millions the world over, yearning to experience the American dream.

Now, as I witness the calamitous upheaval that Trump is wreaking on this magnificent country, my heart sinks, murmuring no, this can't be; are we at the precipice of the fall of the American empire?

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Trump would have never been able to violate the Constitution and sow domestic and foreign chaos to the detriment of this nation without the muted acquiescence of the majority of Republicans. Like blind sheep, they followed a hallucinating shepherd who had long since lost his way.

However, there are clear signs of fissures among Republican lawmakers who are terrified of what may come next from an unhinged President.

Are there 10 Republicans among them who would rise, put their careers on the line, and impede, if not stop, Trump's cataclysmic destruction of everything this nation stands for, to save America?

 

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Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU. He teaches courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies.

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