Jared Isaacman

So imagine having, imagine trying to run a military operation, something like Operation Absolute Resolve, which took down Maduro.

Imagine having to operate something like that in a very high tension conflict environment.

Do we really want to consult Danish working groups and NATO steering committees about whether we can act on something?

No.

And also,

When the U.S.

owns something, they actually have skin in the game.

And they will defend it in a way like it matters because it is U.S.

soil.

And so it will be defended very differently if it was actually U.S.

territory.

Yep, Trump is right.

You know, I think...

I live in Europe now, so I've actually been quite exposed to the way Europeans think about NATO.

And this is actually the fundamental problem.

Europeans think of NATO as the organization that's meant to defend them from Russia.

North Americans see NATO, and it's in the name, the North American, it's actually the name.

North Americans see NATO as an entity defending NATO.

North America as well, or the North Atlantic, sorry, which includes America.

The problem is that the European conception of this excludes America.