He called Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator." He accused Ukraine of having prolonged the war for three years, which started, according to him, because of the prospect of NATO membership offered to Kyiv. Is it Vladimir Putin talking? No, it's Donald Trump. The confusion is understandable given the incredible turnaround in Washington. A slippery slope toward illiberalism, contempt for international law, neo-imperialist aspirations, politicization of the state apparatus, confusion between public and private interests and a cult-like attitude toward his leadership both in his team and in propagandist conservative media: The United States is "Putinizing" at high speed. This neologism does not cover a strict equivalence, as each country has its own strengths and history, but is more like a contamination, a transfer of political culture.

When the Soviet Union collapsed at the end of 1991, the idea of a definitive victory over communism, after decades of Cold War, was met with euphoria in Washington. The liberal model was triumphant: Democracy and the market economy went hand in hand.

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