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I wanted to add that your substack shows up just how awful the mainstream media has become. Excellent, invaluable work.

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It seems there are a number of key drivers here…1.DJT clearly doesn’t like the way the EU leadership has been so cosy with Biden's administration, and the long standing underfunding of NATO by its principal beneficiaries has been a Trump gripe for ages. Z didn’t help himself by effectively appearing on the campaign trail for Sleazy Joe.

2. DJT recognizes the hole that the US economy has been driven into, not least by enormous military expenditure (to little effect), and if by withdrawing to a regional, North American empire rather than the current Democrat American Global Empire he can strengthen the US and cut costs, it seems to appeal. Hence the wacky comments about Canada, Greenland, Mexico and Panama. A sort of Monroe Doctrine on steroids. 3. The global implications are a push towards three global power blocs, rather as envisaged in '1984’. A new global security architecture. 4. Unlike Rubio, Kellogg's remarks seem a little off script, and he doesn’t seem to be regarded as integral to any peace process. 5. For us Brits, shivering away on Airstrip One, we seem to have the worst possible leadership at the most crucial time in living memory.

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