What I Don’t Think Any of Us Understood

I don’t think any of us knew how much change a single President could do. To date, all American Presidents have followed a similar foreign policy. We set up alliances and international organizations, and the next President usually followed them.

Trump came in. Just overturning Obama’s goals, and it was somehow kind of understandable. Leave the Paris Climate Accords and the Iran Nuclear Treaty - okay he said he would do that.

But in the past week he has decided to recognize Israel settlements - which are illegal under the U.N. Now remember, the UN can’t really do shit, without the US, so all those “it was illegal per the UN,” that WAS us. How can the President alone change that?

And he has decided that $903 Million that South Korea pays to help us offset our costs in the alliance isn’t enough (he had raised it $100 Million since he came into office.) Now he demands $5,000 Million or $5 Billion dollars this year! That is a mercenary force, not an alliance.

He has proposed a similar increase for Japan.

What the Fuck?