"[Trump's] geopolitics is one in which carnivorous great powers cut deals with each other and the smaller ones fall into line or get crushed underfoot. If you are genuinely shocked by these developments, I can only assume you haven’t been paying much attention"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/16/europeans-are-right-to-be-angry-with-donald-trump-but-they-should-also-be-furious-with-themselves#:~:text=geopolitics%20is%20one%20in%20which%20carnivorous%20great%20powers%20cut%20deals%20with%20each%20other%20and%20the%20smaller%20ones%20fall%20into%20line%20or%20get%20crushed%20underfoot.%20If%20you%20are%20genuinely%20shocked%20by%20these%20developments%2C%20I%20can%20only%20assume%20you%20haven%E2%80%99t%20been%20paying%20much%20attention