Europe’s Hippopotamus Strategy for Handling Trump

EU policymakers should channel their inner naturalists as they adapt to Trumponomics.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House in Washington on Aug. 18. September 24, 2025, 6:09 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Trump’s Second Term

Ongoing reports and analysis

Hippopotamuses are baffling. At first glance, these creatures look calm, slow, and placid as they wallow lazily in muddy pools. Looks, however, can be deceiving. Survivors of hippo encounters tell of the unpredictable, ferocious charges that make hippopotamuses the deadliest wild mammal on earth, killing around 500 people each year. (That’s 23 times more than lions .) Humans have few good options to defend

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