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.
Yup. You can’t run a country based on “gentlemen’s agreements”, which apparently is what a large portion of the US federal government turns out to be made of.
Unsurprisingly, when people who aren’t gentlemen gain power, those agreements mean nothing.