Paul Beckett

And now Trump loves tariffs.

And we're using them not only against adversaries, but against allies.

Noel, that's the difference, right, is that we're threatening our allies.

And because the United States is so quick with the trigger, we can't be trusted that we're not going to use force.

And try not to scare us too much.

What's unnerving is that it really does seem to be one individual within this administration that has a lot of say about where we're headed.

The question is, is how far is this administration willing to push this?

And my concern, Noel, is that Iran was a successful operation.

At least they've sold it at that.

The experts say, no, we didn't denude the nuclear capacity of Iran for that long.

But they see it as a victory.

And then secondarily, Venezuela was quick and dirty, right?

We got in and we got out.

And so these many successes may embolden them a little bit more.

And the question is, is how are allies going to respond?

And we see how they're responding.

They're uniting.

They're saying, we've got to keep this together because we cannot.

The United States is now not a reliable partner.

And of course, they feel as if they're fighting for that Western liberal order and that Ukraine is the front line.