"Trump is a madman, but I want to give him and his administration their due. We can't keep playing on an unlevel playing field and take promises that are never delivered on."
"It wasn't just China. For years, liberals and conservatives alike were, for instance, pushing the concept of burden-sharing: getting US allies to cover more of the bill for their security needs."
"Even many of our European allies, though they publicly grumbled, were secretly happy about The Donald's gaiatsu. That's the Japanese word for outside pressure that enables a leader to force through unpopular changes by blaming it all on foreigners."
"The self-described liberal leader of NATO, Dutch politician Mark Rutte, even came out in the open after Trump's reelection to praise the American president for making European countries more militarily responsible."
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