Joe Parkinson
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first heard Dec 2025
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And the way that it was described to us, again, by the leaders who described what happened behind closed doors, was that Trump basically sat there and the leaders took turns to compliment him.
So really it was kind of a love-in.
The tweet sort of detonated like a bomb across Europe.
It's safe to say it was like a fire alarm going off across the continent in the chancellories and the prime ministries.
After the constant push and pull of the previous few months, the voices within Europe that had always said, we think actually we can't rely on this administration, start to become louder, start to become stronger.
The speech actually ended up being exactly what Carney and his closest advisors had wanted, which was to throw a bucket of ice water all over the West and say, look, we've been telling you, this is the time for you to listen, that the world has changed.
The old America has not come back.
We can't pretend that things haven't changed.
What we discovered was that almost in real time as Carnie was speaking, leaders were messaging each other, saying that this is the message that we need to get behind.
The leaders are told again to come into this room with no phone, no aids, no chance of making a record because they all need to speak candidly about what they've just seen and what's unfolded.
And it was described to us afterwards as like a therapy session because people were venting so much.
Although Carney wasn't there, his name was mentioned by a number of leaders who said, you know, we're looking for a way forward.
We're looking for a new strategy.
We have to recognize the world as it is.
And Canada is showing us one way forward.
I mean, the Pentagon has said it's going to retaliate if the EU enacts policies to favor domestic arms manufacturers.
So the rhetoric is already there.
If what we're witnessing is the end of this unprecedented military and political alliance, we are very much at the beginning of the end.
We're in the foothills of it.
The end itself is something which is totally untested and could unfold in so many ways that we could never predict.
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