What will last of Trump?

[Dill]

(07-18-2018, 06:55 PM)Nately120 Wrote: It depends on how Trump's supporters view our allies.  Maybe I don't give them enough credit, but I could see them watching Trump distance himself from them as a good thing.  They're super liberal socialists who are weak on terror, so Trump shouldn't get along with them right?

Right. I think Trump supporters definitely view Europe that way.  How many NATO members have died for the US in Afghanistan because we, not they, were attacked? 435 British, 89 French, 55 Germans. Not that many, really. ( ) Our nearest "foe," Canada, has only lost 125. Big deal for the countries who were not attacked and the families of the fallen, maybe. But we could easily cover those losses ourselves. So they need us but we don't need them. Let NATO/EU freeloaders protect themselves.  How can that hurt America?

Outside the Trump base, to our allies, and to adversaries like Putin, US-European alliances and treaties look like a force multiplier for all parties--economic as well as military.