Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world’s biggest military alliance.
Granted. A better analogy, perhaps, would be to realize our bandages are already off, and to focus on dressing our own wound with the other adults in the room. Rather than begging and conceding to Trump’s demands, which we know will never be met with the US keeping their end of the bargain, at this point.
Ripping a bandage off something still in progress is a horrible idea. The rest of NATO doesn’t have the capability to replace the US yet.
Granted. A better analogy, perhaps, would be to realize our bandages are already off, and to focus on dressing our own wound with the other adults in the room. Rather than begging and conceding to Trump’s demands, which we know will never be met with the US keeping their end of the bargain, at this point.