US has no real friends anymore, just these fake friends like Russia and NK who are using them.

Not sure why US is so hell bent on shuffling the world order when they were the clear #1... now they are just going to suffer bad decline. Really stupid.

Shove your alliance where the sun don't shine, Lil'Marco.

This is another of those moments when we really need a politician with a spine to stand up and clearly tell Trump to go fuck himself.

Preferably in those exact words.

These things are earned not demanded

The language of an abusive ex who knows it's a lie even as they say it.

Nah, I like the Carney idea better.

EU has serious problems with their current internal arrangements, but there is nothing to help people focus than a proper emergency. EU has a fair chance here to develop a working model of how to organize large numbers of small to medium states. Or fall apart and descend into chaos if they don't.