Trump managed to take another step toward destroying American alliances in his NATO meeting. Why?
Russia.
Russia has long dreamed of breaking up NATO and stripping American protection from the NATO countries. Trump is a gift from God to the Russians. Not that it is any surprise to anyone, after all Russia did intervene on Trump's behalf to get him elected, according to all of America's intelligence agencies - Trump's laughable denials to the contrary.
Is he actually an agent of Putin's? Does Putin have control over Trump via blackmail, or money, or some kind of macho-authoritarian male bonding nonsense?
Or maybe that's too cynical. Maybe he's just an idiot.
From GQ writer Julia Iofee:
"Ran into an old source from Moscow here in Brussels and asked him how Moscow sees Trump. "As a total idiot, a useful battering ram who goes after the American elite and NATO."
From a guest on Russian state TV:
"I never thought I'd live to see this - neither the USSR nor Russia, who tried many times to drive a wedge between the transatlantic allies, but Washington is doing everything to break down the foundations of transatlantic alliance & unity.
Of course, the kindest suggestion is that Trump is an idiot. Let's see what happens after he goes to meet his master, Putin, in a few days.
