I think Trump has, in the space of a couple of days, turned me into a rabid pro-European. (Whistles Ode to Joy). And Trump will refuse to meet them More likely he’ll probably just meet them and publi… (View Post)

I think Reagan is the same as Thatcher here. The right have to praise them and say they’re emulating them, but actually they don’t really understand anything about them anymore. See Truss’s ludicrous… (View Post)

I’m starting to be convinced that the US is moving to be actively adverse to our interests. To that end, it very much feels like it is becoming an adversary. I don’t think we should act rashly, but a… (View Post)

Trump wants to play 19th century Great Power. He wants to push pieces around on a board and draw lines on a map, but not particularly worry about the consequences so long as his own nest is feathered… (View Post)

NATO is dead insofar as the US security guarantee is dead. You can have a European version or Europe+Canada version of the treaty but the security framework has gone. The sooner we realise this and w… (View Post)