Making friends! All on the same day..
So perhaps we should take heed of the following:
And, of course, who is going to benefit? Three guesses:
Quote:During a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday, US President Donald Trump disparaged Mexico and threatened to use military force against the drug trade, according to Dolia Estevez, a journalist based in Washington, DC. In an interview with the Mexican news outlet Aristegui Noticias, Estevez, who cited sources on both sides of the call, said, "It was a very offensive conversation where Trump humiliated Peña Nieto."Trump lambastes Pena Nieto in 'humiliating,' 'threatening' phone call - Business Insider
Quote:U.S. President Donald Trump's call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday did not go well despite Australia being a close U.S. ally, according to a report from the Washington Post. U.S. officials told the Post that Trump informed Turnbull that he had conversed with other political leaders earlier in the day and that "This was the worst call by far." President Trump then terminated the call after a mere 25 minutes even though it had been scheduled for an hour, the Post stated.Trump struggles to connect with Pacific ally Australia in call with PM Turnbull
So perhaps we should take heed of the following:
Quote:The former CIA director told the House Armed Services Committee that the post-World War II world order had begun to face an "unprecedented threat from multiple directions." "Americans should not take the current international order for granted," Petraeus said. "It did not will itself into existence. We created it. Likewise, it is not naturally self-sustaining. We have sustained it. If we stop doing so, it will fray and, eventually, collapse."Gen. Petraeus warns world order could 'fray' and 'collapse' - Business Insider
And, of course, who is going to benefit? Three guesses:
Quote:Petraeus also warned about how he believed the collapse of institutions like the NATO military alliance and the European Union could play into Russian President Vladimir Putin's hand. "President Putin, for instance, understands that, while conventional aggression may occasionally enable Russia to grab a bit of land on its periphery, the real center of gravity is the political will of major democratic powers to defend Euro-Atlantic institutions like NATO and the EU," he said. "That is why Russia is tenaciously working to sow doubt about the legitimacy of these institutions and our entire democratic way of life." Trump made waves in January by repeating his assertions that NATO was "obsolete" and remarking that the EU's future didn't matter much to the US.Gen. Petraeus warns world order could 'fray' and 'collapse' - Business Insider