David Pakman

The priority seems to be not really ballistic missiles or regime change or nuclear.

It's erase things that Obama has done and put Trump's name on them, even if they're operationally basically the same thing.

I think that's right.

And that applies in a lot of areas.

I mean, when we're in and then out of Paris climate or WHO or WTO or whatever, one aspect of it is, can we undo the practical changes that these decisions make?

And so like in this case, we got out of a deal.

Now we've bombed.

They're trying to recreate the deal.

Cool.

But there's the broader problem, which is the U S as an increasingly not credible

negotiating partner or signatory to deals of all kinds.

And this is why I say that the effect of this, even if you undo a hundred percent of it, which I don't think you can, but even if you could, what about when the next administration is here, but other countries remember that the United States has had these circumstances where you make a deal, you stick to it as far as anyone can tell.

And then on the whims of a president, they say, Hey, we're out.

I think this hurts our negotiating position even beyond Donald Trump.

Well, even after president Biden won in 2020, we knew we weren't out of the woods because tens of millions of people had just voted for Donald Trump for a second time.

And then now we have tens of millions of people who actually voted for him for him three times.

I think the rhetoric around NATO over the last few weeks related to Iran is like a critical reminder

of the approach of this administration and why other countries are right to be skeptical of Trump or the us's commitment to those institutions.

Trump spent years saying on NATO, nobody else is paying enough.

We might not come to their defense under article five if they don't pay what Trump believes they need to pay.