Clemens Bilan / EPA Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, and Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany Europeans, and especially Germans, gain weight in the alliance’s military leadership. The US guarantees that there is no question of withdrawal. The partners Europeans and NATO must assume more responsibilities in the coming years, in an internal reorganization that […]
Creating a heirarchy of militant nations with Germany explicitly at the top seems both historically unwise and politically unsound.
Beyond optics, rhetoric, and the very specific sins of Germany, it’s just making the same mistake that led to American nationalists taking their dicks out and telling people to start sucking or they don’t get protection from the scary Russians.
Creating a heirarchy of militant nations with the USA explicitly at the top seems both historically unwise and politically unsound too. The orange isn‘t too fond of NATO anyway. It‘s on brand to just give the scepter to the next biggest economy of the alliance.