Does anyone doubt that the Very Stable Genius's decision to arrive at the functions involved in the armistice-commemoration summit on his own rather than participate with European leaders was meant to send an America-first signal?
Possible merits of such a signal aside - it's undeniable that the rest of NATO should be paying much more for its own defense - such gestures strengthen the hand of French president Macron as he chooses the term "nationalism" as something to regard as having ominous portend. It also allows Macron, and like-minded European leaders, to craft an agenda for a new era in which the American umbrella's significance is diminished, an agenda that includes such resource-wasting silliness as "combatting climate change" and such harmful developments as the supplanting of Europe's Christian foundation with an utterly alien culture brought from far-off failed states.
Putin, also arriving on his own at the Paris summit functions, is obviously aware of the emerging dynamic. He's no doubt ready to talk energy, security and whatever else might surface in the course of conversation with those portions of Europe that have decided that America in the age of Trump is an increasingly peripheral player.
The VSG winging-it style is proving to have lasting implications, not all of which may serve the cause of any kind of American greatness.
No comments:
Post a Comment