The author has not fully digested her own message. She lost me at
The Trump administration tries to micromanage the domestic politics of American allies.
America has no allies left. There are former allies, and realpolitik dependence and even co-dependence. Not the same as an ally. No one trusts the US for anything anymore and everyone is rebuilding dependencies to omit the US. 80 years isn’t undone in a day, but the faith in continuing what was, was undone in one year.
The author has not fully digested her own message. She lost me at
America has no allies left. There are former allies, and realpolitik dependence and even co-dependence. Not the same as an ally. No one trusts the US for anything anymore and everyone is rebuilding dependencies to omit the US. 80 years isn’t undone in a day, but the faith in continuing what was, was undone in one year.
The US will never recover from this.