Dhaka, May 9 -- On May 2, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution determined that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) warrants classification as a far-right, extremist party. In response, US President Donald Trump's secretary of state, Marco Rubio, defended the AfD and condemned the decision as an act of "tyranny in disguise."

As with US Vice President J.D. Vance's speech at the Munich Security Conference in February and Elon Musk's vocal support for the European extreme right on numerous occasions, such attacks confirm that the United States is no longer Europe's ally, but has become its adversary. Not only has Trump signaled his willingness to abandon Ukraine to Russia; he is openly seeking to destroy Europe's so...