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"We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years" François Hollande
Well, it's fascinating, if horrible to witness, the end of a strategic era. NATO is probably dead as an American led coalition. Instead we see the flowering of the American-Russian Alliance built upon the hand-in-glove relationship of Vlad Putin and Donald Trump.
I'm certain DonOld Traitor Trump sees himself as an equal and peer with Vladimir Putin and imagines their Alliance will dominate Europe and form a bulwark against China.
I'm fairly certain Trump wants to get rid of NATO for the same base reason he got rid of NAFTA and declared the creation of "Space Force", to create something which will forever be tied to his name. Trump's new global alliance with Russia, let's call it the Krasnov Pact, is a legacy no future American President or Congress or anything associated with this failing Nation could ever repudiate.
Trump's foreign policy considerations are based upon Great Power games in which the US uses it's status and military might to wrest concessions from Minor Powers and intimidates erstwhile allies into acquiescence. As such he can't contemplate "Soft Power" as for instance in the form of USAID, but only the threat of military violence. Trump is as subtle as a cudgel. His threats to Denmark and Canada are not only ludicrous but also criminal. But, having admired Putin for years its' what he thinks a Great Power does.
So, I'm not surprised after calling Volodmyr Zelenskyy a Dictator and claiming Ukraine started the War with Russia, Trump and Vance attacked President Zelenskyy today. Trump and Vance claimed this meeting would be to secure mineral rights for the US in Ukraine while bolstering American support to the Nation, but it was clearly a staged hit-job to make Zelenskyy look weak and supplicant to Trump.
It's clear Vance wanted to have an Epic Takedown, viral Tik Tok video of him absolutely OWNING Zelenskyy to burnish his fascist cred on the rightwing internet. Vance came off looking like a fool as he stepped in to chide Zelenskyy with no saying Thank You and being disrespectful in front of the American media. But, when Vance tried to mention "diplomacy" Zelenskyy made J.D. look like a poseur when he pointed out J.D. doesn't know anything about Ukraine and Vance sputtered he'd watched some videos.
The only people who thought Trump and Vance came off well in this dishonorable exchange are those who declared loudly that Biden was lying about Russia invading Ukraine, and then when Vlad did invade those same people declared Kyiv would fall in in "3 days". Trump simply spouted Putin Talking Points and looked like a whinny little shit demanding a Thank you and telling him Ukraine is going to lose.
The fact that this very same day Trump and Vance attacked Zelenskyy and Ukraine, that he ordered Drunken Rapist Pete Hegseth to stop US counter measures against Russia cyber attacks.
Whatever Trump's gravitation towards Russia and Vladimir Putin, Europe clearly sees the United States is no longer an ally let alone the leader in countering Russian aggression. Fortunately, Europe sent out immediate messages of support apparently backed by legislative measures to continue supplying materials and support to Ukraine even while Trump plans to cut off Ukraine. If the UK, France, and Germany get together to lead Europe away from the US sphere of world order it will be a devastating blow to next 100 years of American interests.
The whole problem with the Lord Palmerston dictum there are no eternal allies only eternal intrests is that other Nations exist too. Of course, Trump will be long gone when a diminished US faces blowback from the World but, he might still be in office when we witness the end of the American Century and the Rise of Chinese Hegemony. All Xi has to do is sit back and watch Trump and Musk blow up the United States, destroy our foreign alliances and move into the regions we've abandoned.
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I watched the whole Oval Office debacle via Vaush's synchronous commentary. It's shameful. It's worse than you've heard. We start with brain damaged Trump's malaprop of "Raw Earth" and he answers every question with his litany of grievances. Followed by Biden is too blame for everything. Then we see the stark contrast with the American rightwing media asking him, why are you so moral? What a great peacekeeper you are sir! While the foreign media correctly asked him how he intends to make sure Putin keeps any deal and Trump tells them its' a dumb question because he's so great! Better than George Washington and better than Abe Lincoln! Zelenskyy then pulled both Trump's and Vance's punk card and debunked their bullshit and the immediate angry childish tantrums thrown in front of the assembled media was beyond embarrassing. Trump and Vance are triggered easily and immediately.
When you combine this duo in the White House with Elon Musk's evisceration of the Federal Government it's hard to see how the US will come back after 4 years of Oligarchical treason agains the Constitution, especially with the Supremacist Court certain to stop any attempts at fixing this mess.
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