Following neo- fascist dangerous dimwit and Putin poodle Donald "Rump" Trump's inflammatory Russian- inspired blathering about an "obsolete" NATO -- and German Chancellor Merkel -- (see post below), here's some of the outraged reaction:
#BREAKING Europe's fate 'in our own hands', says Merkel after Trump criticism— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 16, 2017
Your fathers and grandfathers risked nuclear war for 65 years to avert this day https://t.co/jlfJaCLwRC— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 16, 2017
Whoever replaces Trump, that enough Americans voted for him to take power means German governments will never entirely trust the US again— Alexander Clarkson (@APHClarkson) January 16, 2017
Churchill's plan to keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down had a nice 70-year run. https://t.co/vF77QZ1yoN— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 16, 2017
Just guessing here, but I'm pretty sure this guy is a Russian asset and shouldn't be President next week https://t.co/nF1rOO7AnR— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) January 16, 2017
whatever Putin has on Trump must be good.— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) January 15, 2017
Trump is dynamiting NATO and aligning with Russia, which actively tried to help him win, before our eyes. And the GOP is silent.— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) January 16, 2017
this is Putin's dream – an America that abandons NATO & a fractured Europe. https://t.co/4yUoJGuaJn
Trump is dynamiting NATO and aligning with Russia, which actively tried to help him win, before our eyes. And the GOP is silent.— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) January 16, 2017
Give Trump credit: he's managed to subvert the US-created postwar international order even before being sworn in as president. https://t.co/oV3RQFA54C— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 16, 2017
And,
Russian government spokesman says Russia agrees with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that NATO is obsolete— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) January 16, 2017
The last reference, of course, is to this."No puppet. No puppet," https://t.co/WaQlJjAhiU— Errol Louis (@errollouis) January 16, 2017
Nothing about this is normal. The intelligence community -- here and/or in Europe and Israel -- needs to step up to the existential threat posed by Cheeto Benito, and fast. There's nothing more important than this right now. It's not being alarmist to say the future of Western democracy is at stake.
BONUS : Martin Longman has a good read on this.
