Allies taking a pass and experiencing schadenfreude

NATO leader just gave Trump everything he wanted?. No he didn't, they had a private conversation that Rutte described as very frank and that Trump has expressed his frustration with NATO. But he didn't give Trump anything new.

As for the idea of America's allies abandoning the US. Again this is just insane levels of lack of self awareness. The Trump administration has gone out of its way to actively antagonize it's allies over the last year, pursing policies that actively damage or harm it's allies as well as bullying them and insulting them. Now it acts shocked when it's Billy No Mates and no one wants to join them in their illegal war.

The Trump administration has gone out of its way to actively antagonize it's allies over the last year, pursing policies that actively damage or harm it's allies as well as bullying them and insulting them. Now it acts shocked when it's Billy No Mates and no one wants to join them in their illegal war

Agreed, there are so many different ways that Trump could have handled Europe better on all the various issues that he brought up, however I do believe as well that Europe could and should have already done so much more themselves, especially on defense spending or contributing to NATO.

Agreed, there are so many different ways that Trump could have handled Europe better on all the various issues that he brought up, however I do believe as well that Europe could and should have already done so much more themselves, especially on defense spending or contributing to NATO.

That's a fair point and you would probably find most Europeans acknowledging it. Right now Europe is significantly investing in it's own defence capabilities at the moment, so the constant criticism from Trump isn't going make things move along any faster, it's counter productive.

That's a fair point and you would probably find most Europeans acknowledging it. Right now Europe is significantly investing in it's own defence capabilities at the moment, so the constant criticism from Trump isn't going make things move along any faster, it's counter productive.

I agree

More European countries are developing their own nukes, so they no longer have to rely on Trump's kill switch nukes which would render them useless.