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European governments should read the canceled deployments as a major signal: even if you are a model Ally you are still subject to random schitzoboomerist retaliation.

I've said there is a place in hell for Elbridge Colby. But ill admit, I did not think there would be a case for it based on a rejection of the infalliblity of the Pope.

Belgium must revoke the credentials of Bill White.

Munich saw attenuation of Trump world's hate for NATO, likely because they are afraid of blowing up the NPT. But this is only half of anti-Europeanism. The effort to crack the Union into isolated middle powers for American oligarchs is still very much alive.

While Colby may try to assuage Allies; the fact that he was sent and not the Secretary and that fact that he himself is here both deeply undermine any assurances.

".. Disclosure of its contents could cause 'grave damage to national security,' one official said. It also .. raises potential claims of executive privilege that may involve the White House, officials said." @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Even among more 'normal' conservative commentators that want the Atlantic relationship to continue, there is often a softening of the move to take Greenland: 'it has precedent' or 'the President has a point.' There is no engagement with the basic idea that the US should not abduct 50,000 Europeans.

When it comes time to write the history of Europe in this period, there will be one area of consensus. One of the greatest errors European states ever made, was in trusting the USA.

This past week has demonstrated more than any that the United States is a challenger for the European political community. It's probably a good idea and a good signal to arrest the next Trump world jagoff who wants to engage in illegal political activity in Europe.

I am not sure I can emphasise enough the extent to which Europeans are willing to attenuate engagement with the US by increasing engagement with one another and China. Anti-US sentiment is more pervasive now than any point in my life and we are entering something that looks like a situation pre WWI.

That presser was "so how much are you willing to concede to the 2022 letter now?" 0 change.

There is a place in hell for Elbridge Colby.

The European Institutions' open day is an event of such joy and civic virtue that everyone European should see it at least once. I have been to three now and am just blown away by just how fun it is and how dedicated the European Union's civil servants are.

I guess Washington Week is going to be pretty turned up on Sunday.

After this trip, are they ever going to let Hegseth out of his cage again?

You know, I've given a good deal of my life to service to this country. It hurts a great deal to know that America is just another place. And a place that has little, and less every day, to offer the rest of the world as it is.