Last week, Trump called NATO a “paper tiger”and said he was “absolutely” considering to withdraw from the 32-member alliance, arguing that European members have relied on U.S. security guarantees while offering inadequate support when Washington needed them most.

“Defensive alliance refuses to join ridiculous war of aggression, news at 11.”

“Trump can’t attack the alliance forever without making it hollow,” said Michael Feller, chief strategist at Geopolitical Strategy, as Iran was “testing unity” by offering Spain and Turkey waivers to get their oil via the Strait of Hormuz.

Russia is widely believed to have interfered in both elections that got the guy into office. The fracturing of NATO sure is great for them. Incredible ROI. China is a pretty good friend of theirs too. Where will Europe be if China reaches for Taiwan and Donny has pissed in everyone’s beer? Even if it’s always TACO time and he never grabs Greenland, he’s an unreliable partner in anything.

He’s not necessarily directed by anyone to cause all the havoc, such as pawing at Greenland again now. He’s enough of a loose cannon to cause trouble by himself, especially as Iran threatens to embarrass him as weak in front of his most ardent supporters and he needs a new distraction from both that and the Epstein files.

Where can I find some biased “fake news media” where they actually talk about realistic interpretations of the facts on the ground?

Nice job tying things together. Thanks OP for the transcript and editing work.

That top ten list is good, but there’s a glaring omission that’s worth noting. A year ago (so recent and yet so long ago) in March, not long into this presidential administration, the US stopped most cyberoffense against Russia along with discarding defensive personnel.

Another important omission is the cancellation of the FBI task force investigating foreign (largely Russian) influence in US elections.