Interesting report from the world of diplomacy and military alliance.
The headline quotation is a direct quotation of a non-American senior official to the Americans at the meeting.
80 years of effort to build up a world of shared values burned in under a year. 80 years of soft power tossed in the compost pile and recycled into fertilizer. 80 years of blood, sweat, and tears as Americans laboured to make the world safe for America.
All gone in the tantrums of a decrepit toddler.
Indeed, USA: We genuinely will never fucking trust you again.
I think Zohran Mamdani has a good chance of starting this.
That’s exactly why the Democratic party never embraced him from the beginning; he’s not playing by their rules, and he’s not paid by their masters. I think that he and others like him have a very real chance of starting third political party in this country because it’s not just that people are fed up with the Republicans or the people are fed up with the Democrats is that people are fed up with the complete ineptitude of both parties to get anything used for meaningful done.
In the case of the Republicans they play like there’s some bad guy and they’re fighting for their followers and pinning the blame on immigrants or trans people or blacks or whoever is convenient that year.
In the case of the Democrats they talk a good game but they never get anything done because if they actually solved something it would piss off the people giving the money. So like before when they had full control of house in Congress they didn’t do shit. And then to keep from being voted out or to get voted back in they’ll say hey at least we’re not Republican.
I don’t see the difference anymore because functionally they’re doing the same thing, the Democrats are just quieter about it.