David Pakman

It's the NATO skepticism.

It's admiring strong men.

And from Europe's perspective, it's not just that the United States has become sort of unreliable.

It's actually become dangerous potentially.

And the part that should really raise people's eyebrows is that Russia is laughing.

This is exactly this is Putin's best possible outcome.

fractured democracies and Western allies suspicious of each other.

The U.S.

at odds with Europe is great for Russia.

And all Russia had to do was kind of just go along with the idea of putting a corrupt, narcissistic felon back into power.

You don't need tanks.

You don't need an invasion, just chaos, disinformation, a willing accomplice.

And they have done it expertly.

Now, I need to be frank with you about another aspect of this.

Americans love to externalize the blame.

It's always someone else's fault.

Nobody forced this on us at the end of the day.

The American public was warned explicitly over and over.

Trump got one term during which we saw what he did.

He made clear his second term would be even more unhinged.