There’s Only One Thing U.S. Allies Should Thank Trump for |
I have two daughters living in the United Kingdom. Both of them are United States citizens, and they love this country. But they are certainly not grateful to President Donald Trump for going to war.
They wake up worried about what Trump will do next.
Like many people living in countries that have long considered themselves America’s closest allies, they are terrified he could unleash World War III.
For the president and his acolytes to complain angrily about the perceived lack of gratitude from U.S. allies shows just how out of touch Trump has become with the reality of the world outside his billionaire bubble.
There are now two defining stories of Trump’s second term, with outcomes the president had not foreseen.
One is the war with Iran that the administration appears to have blundered into without understanding how it was going to get out.
The other is the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, where Trump pledged full transparency on the campaign trail and has spent the past year trying to walk it back.
Trump has been see-sawing between giving friendly foreign leaders offhand compliments and throwing them under the bus ever since his return to the White House. With the notable exception of Volodymyr Zelensky, he smiles and shakes their hands by day and lashes out at them on Truth Social at night like some demented Jekyll and Hyde.
Just a few days ago, he fired off an incendiary post naming Indo-Pacific allies such........