Posters depicting Alex Pretti and Renée Good are displayed on a wall in Minneapolis. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP) Donald Trump, JD Vance and other MAGA luminaries often proclaim that the grave danger facing the West is "civilizational erasure," which they claim is happening in Europe: Through its dangerously misguided approach toward identity and immigration, Europe is destroying the West's distinctive legacy.