When I bewailed Donald Trump’s forthcoming victory to a Spanish friend several weeks ago, he replied phlegmatically: “No te preocupes; el sangre no ha llegado al rio” — “the blood hasn’t yet reached the river.” In other words, countries have been here before, and people live and love even after far right victories. We will survive Trump’s second term and vote out the far right, just as Poland voted out the far right Law and Justice Party in 2023.
