"Early this morning, Russia sent a swarm of drones into Poland. The crisis of the NATO alliance that people on both sides of the Atlantic have been denying or trying to put off is now here: This is the moment when the world finds out whether the United States remains committed to the defense of its allies. Ever since he began running for president, Donald Trump has been equivocal at best about America's security commitments to Europe."
"The allies have hoped to jolly Trump along, manipulating him by appealing to his vanity, calling him "Daddy," acceding to his punitive tariffs without resistance, and generally accepting a humiliating subservience in the hope of at least buying time. The allies have even fantasized about the United States providing some form of security should they put troops in Ukraine; Vladimir Putin was never going to allow European forces in Ukraine, so this fantasy might have survived indefinitely."
Russia launched a swarm of drones into Poland, creating a direct test of NATO's unity and whether the United States will defend its European allies. Donald Trump has expressed ambiguity about U.S. security commitments to Europe, and many allies sought to placate him rather than confront the shift. Allies accepted economic and diplomatic concessions while hoping to buy time and imagining U.S. protection in scenarios like deploying troops to Ukraine. Vladimir Putin had incentives to force a decisive confrontation, and Russia denies responsibility for the incursion into Polish territory.
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