Mike Murphy

Who wants to own Gaza?

What are we going to do, put American boots on the ground in Gaza?

We'll make Vietnam look like a Sunday school picnic.

So on every level, it's not only just evil and egotistical and corrupt, it's relentlessly stupid.

And that often is kind of the real logline on this Trump stuff.

It's either greed or stupid greed.

Yeah, it's a great question.

I think there's going to be permanent damage.

And the next president who might have read a book is going to have a lot to dig out of.

But the Europeans are going to want them to dig out of it.

We're key to their jam, so to speak.

The problem is in the short term, if you're the Germans, you've got two choices.

Get close to the Chinese or the Russians, which is even worse.

And meanwhile, quietly developed the capacity to have an atomic bomb because that's the insurance policy and the world goes crazy.

And that's true of about 20 countries now.

So there's going to be a lot of damage.

But ultimately, the Atlantic alliance is such a naturally beautiful and smart thing.

I think it'll come back together, but it's going to have dents and dings.

It's going to cost us.

I mean, we'll be cleaning up Trump horseshit all over geopolitics, the economy, everywhere else.