Recent tear-downs of Trump leave me scratching my head. "Look, " I'm told, "the Europeans were going to up their military budgets anyway -- before he gave his speech." Really!
And regardless of European hectoring, no one knows to what extent they will actually fulfill their NATO military commitments. Trump should be ashamed, the pundits say, that he would speak so directly and uncharitably to the Europeans. Well, occasions arise when the coach will have to lay it out for his team. Sure, you have to get the goodwill of the team, but you've also got to get their respect. Blowing smoke never works.
When asked how he felt about Trump chastising Merkel regarding the proposed gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, this deep, military thinker says, "I focus on military matters, not on gas pipelines. Is it really necessary to explain how stupid his remark was.
On MSNBC, some pundit on diplomacy suggests that Trump should have referred to Russia as the "enemy" not "our competitor." Does it really make a difference? Here we have European countries reluctant to develop their defenses against a true predator, and yet find time to harangue the only country in a position to offer them some protection by telling him it was a huge mistake to refer to their common enemy as their competitor. And, this is what's important to the Europeans?
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