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.
Yeah, the Biden administration was their last chance to turn this around and they blew it hard. Done now.
Best I can see coming out of a Democratic win would be another temporary pause in America’s decline. I don’t think they can recover without a complete shattering of their system so that it can perhaps be rebuilt or replaced.