I’m not sure we can can Trump an isolationist. While he’s “shaking down” Ukraine for rare earth minerals, he’s simultaneously negotiating with Putin and MBS about Ukrain’s future… without Ukraine at the table!!! He should have told Putin (as the aggressor)… enough is enough… GET OUT of Ukraine! 💪
Trump is sending the message that superpowers (Russia, China and US) can TAKE what they want. “We’ll have a bit of Canada, Greenland, Panama Canal and Gaza… just because we can.”
Any chance that Sir John could be persuaded to lead the Tories again? I didn’t agree with much of his politics, but he was a man of integrity. Unlike …
John Major’s interview on the World This Weekend today was riveting. He said what no sitting national leader would say out loud that Trump’s rule is not only destructive but incompetent, his capitulation to Putin won’t go unnoticed in Beijing, Taiwan is at extreme risk.
No disagreement with any of the statements. Other than, they all read, as if we were not already past the tipping point and the genie were still in the bottle.
It's not just about democracies. It's about the collapse of NATO, which could motivate Putin to 'liberate' the Russians in the Baltics and Moldavia. The EU without the Americans would be powerless against that.
Trump is as little isolationist as an abusive husband is single. He's deeply invested in the world doing what he wants, he's just not prepared to ask nicely.
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