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Originally Posted by Hugh

How has he crapped on the USA?

In order for the USA to be the UK’s strategic, closest ally, they have to behave like it - at this time, it’s not happening; Trump is not strategic, only transactional - even then, the transaction has to be Zero Sum (he not only has to win, the other side has to lose…).

It depends on where you're coming from in regard to the USA.

If the USA calls for help, if we don't want to give that help, then a diplomatic way has to be found to protect the alliance we have with them.

As we do not wish to engage in the offensive activity, at least we could have let them use our bases. By the time that we did, the damage to the relationship was done. That was wholly incompetent.


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Originally Posted by Dingbat

Trump quite probably thinks that Article 5 means he can dictate that other NATO forces are available to use as he pleases when he starts wars. He doesn’t seem to understand that A5 is defensive, not offensive.

We mustn't let disdain for Trump go too far in over-analysing him negatively. It becomes group think.