So Trump is seriously considering withdrawing from NATO. This is likely to be yet another TACO moment. The US exerts pressure on other member states due to the fact that the US is the largest contributor to the cost. However it does gain legitimacy for its actions that it would not otherwise have; the diplomatic standing of the USA is lower than ever and thus it needs support for its actions. I think Trump was surprised and more than a little annoyed that the UK and other NATO allies did not rush to do his bidding regarding Iran. I would support us withdrawing from NATO and joining a European Alliance with the proviso of not abandoning military links with America. The world is too unstable for another arms race between the the two powers. On Iran Trump is again talking out of his arse and using rhetoric alternating between ‘total destruction’, “putting the country into the Stone Age” and peace talks are going well! I was told that Starmer did not have a plan for what could happen next – How could he? The war is being run by two psycotic psychopaths. Israel is attacking residential areas in Lebanon with no connection with Hezzbolah.
Domestically Trump appeared at a Supreme Court hearing (the first POTUS) to do so, about his attempt to override and change the 14th Amendment. Yet another attempt at bullying – the man has no class!
Meanwhile the British Press is peroccupied with celebrity drama and ‘foreign holidays threatened by the fuel crisis’. Ryan Air boss stated that there was a shortage of aviation fuel in the UK (25% comes from Kuwait. Perhaps there should be a 200% tax on aviation fuel for private planes)?