Dear Director Feltri,
A few days ago Donald Trump spoke to the UN and said a phrase that struck me a lot: “It is time to end the bankruptcy experiment of open borders”. He added that without borders, without identity and without safety, Europe is destined to weaken and disappear. Yet, as usual, the media and politics are
unleashed to attack him, painting him like a fanatic or racist. But, I wonder, is it not true that mass immigration is overwhelming our societies? It is perhaps not true that we are welcoming without really being able to integrate, and that often those who arrive show no love or respect for our nations, but claim that we are
We change? Director, what do you think about it? Isn’t Trump right?
Best regards,
Alessandro Rossini
Dear Alessandro,
It is incredible how the conformism machine works now: just Trump opens the mouth and immediately the chorus of contempt starts, as if the man spoke in vain. Yet this time like many others, he said something about a disarming evidence. Yes, the experiment of open borders is bankrupt, and those who do not notice is blind, or ideological income campaign. In Europe for decades we have widened the gates to masses of immigrants without asking ourselves if we are able to absorb them, to integrate them, to offer them work and dignity. The result? Ghetto neighborhoods, widespread delinquency, radical Islam that takes root in our suburbs and an increasing feeling of hostility towards the same nations that welcomed them. Other than gratitude: too often we see contempt, arrogance, refusal of our laws, our traditions, ours
culture. And if you dare to point out, you are immediately branded as a racist. Trump did not say anything scandalous, on the contrary he recalled what every normal nation should know: boundaries are not an optional, they are the prerequisite for sovereignty and security. Without borders there has not been, and without a state there is not even freedom.
For years we have grown the myth of unlimited reception, convinced that it was synonymous with civilization, when in reality it was only synonymous with hypocrisy and goodism. Because welcoming does not mean opening their arms to anyone who arrives: it means establishing rules, requesting respect, demanding legality. But instead we have granted everything without asking anything in return. The result is under everyone’s eyes: our neighborhoods have changed, our cities are more insecure, and we ourselves feel guests at our house. Trump is right to sell: it is
now to put some stakes. These are not hatred, nor of racism, but of proper love, of defense of our identity and our civilization. Those who enter must know that our laws, not those of Sharia, are also known, and that here the flag to be respected is the tricolor, not the banner of some fundamentalist regime.
We made a mistake for decades, chasing the applause of the politically correct, fearing to be labeled as bad.
And so we destroyed ourselves. It’s time to say enough. And on this, dear Alessandro, I repeat it, Trump has no wrong at all. Indeed, he did the work that often do not have the courage to do often media and politicians: proclaiming the truth.