The US - russia's latest conquest
Gandalv on Substack posted this:
NATO Is still waiting for Trump to condemn Russian drones hitting Romanian civilians
A Russian drone just hit a civilian apartment block in Romania. A NATO country. An Article 5 country. The kind of country that, in theory, the entire Western alliance exists to protect.
Trump has said nothing.
Not even a vague tweet fired off between golf holes. Just silence, which in geopolitics is itself a message.
Because here is what America’s silence actually says: We are no longer on your side.
Not officially, of course. The paperwork still calls America a NATO ally. The bases are still there, at least some of them. The flags still match. But in every way that actually matters, the United States under Trump has quietly walked out of the Western alliance and taken a seat next to Moscow. It defends Russian positions in the UN. It pressures Ukraine to surrender territory. It dismisses European security concerns. And now, when a Russian drone hits a Romanian apartment block, it says nothing.
That is not neutrality. Neutrality is Switzerland. This is something else entirely.
Romania is waiting. The alliance is waiting. And somewhere in Moscow, someone already knows the answer.
NATO Is still waiting for Trump to condemn Russian drones hitting Romanian civilians
A Russian drone just hit a civilian apartment block in Romania. A NATO country. An Article 5 country. The kind of country that, in theory, the entire Western alliance exists to protect.
Trump has said nothing.
Not even a vague tweet fired off between golf holes. Just silence, which in geopolitics is itself a message.
Because here is what America’s silence actually says: We are no longer on your side.
Not officially, of course. The paperwork still calls America a NATO ally. The bases are still there, at least some of them. The flags still match. But in every way that actually matters, the United States under Trump has quietly walked out of the Western alliance and taken a seat next to Moscow. It defends Russian positions in the UN. It pressures Ukraine to surrender territory. It dismisses European security concerns. And now, when a Russian drone hits a Romanian apartment block, it says nothing.
That is not neutrality. Neutrality is Switzerland. This is something else entirely.
Romania is waiting. The alliance is waiting. And somewhere in Moscow, someone already knows the answer.
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