Shane Harris

And they go on this kind of extended debate about, well, should we wait a month? And then Stephen Miller, as Jeff said, comes in and says, no, the president said we're doing this. And so you see that there's not clarity around the president's decision making, around the policy. And that is just to be a fly on the wall for that is extraordinary.

And they go on this kind of extended debate about, well, should we wait a month? And then Stephen Miller, as Jeff said, comes in and says, no, the president said we're doing this. And so you see that there's not clarity around the president's decision making, around the policy. And that is just to be a fly on the wall for that is extraordinary.

And they go on this kind of extended debate about, well, should we wait a month? And then Stephen Miller, as Jeff said, comes in and says, no, the president said we're doing this. And so you see that there's not clarity around the president's decision making, around the policy. And that is just to be a fly on the wall for that is extraordinary.

That's very revealing about the policy process in this White House.

That's very revealing about the policy process in this White House.

That's very revealing about the policy process in this White House.

I think that has been a question that has been simmering for a lot of the country's allies since even before the election, when they looked to the possibility that Donald Trump might come back to office. How much could they trust the United States to be A reliable partner in protecting secrets, protecting intelligence that they might share.

I think that has been a question that has been simmering for a lot of the country's allies since even before the election, when they looked to the possibility that Donald Trump might come back to office. How much could they trust the United States to be A reliable partner in protecting secrets, protecting intelligence that they might share.

I think that has been a question that has been simmering for a lot of the country's allies since even before the election, when they looked to the possibility that Donald Trump might come back to office. How much could they trust the United States to be A reliable partner in protecting secrets, protecting intelligence that they might share.

I should say it wasn't like a five alarm fire kind of worry, but people were really starting to ask this because Donald Trump had a history of disclosing other countries' information, disclosing the United States' own secrets in some cases, and notably was criminally charged for mishandling classified information.

I should say it wasn't like a five alarm fire kind of worry, but people were really starting to ask this because Donald Trump had a history of disclosing other countries' information, disclosing the United States' own secrets in some cases, and notably was criminally charged for mishandling classified information.

I should say it wasn't like a five alarm fire kind of worry, but people were really starting to ask this because Donald Trump had a history of disclosing other countries' information, disclosing the United States' own secrets in some cases, and notably was criminally charged for mishandling classified information.

So I think with his election, those anxieties rose, and now what we're seeing is kind of compounding that is this even more

So I think with his election, those anxieties rose, and now what we're seeing is kind of compounding that is this even more

So I think with his election, those anxieties rose, and now what we're seeing is kind of compounding that is this even more

I might even say kind of existential question of not just can we count on the allies saying, not just can we count on the United States to protect our information and be a good security partner at the kind of tactical level, but can we count on them to be a good partner strategically at all anymore? And I think all of these questions are kind of colliding right now and really undermining reality.

I might even say kind of existential question of not just can we count on the allies saying, not just can we count on the United States to protect our information and be a good security partner at the kind of tactical level, but can we count on them to be a good partner strategically at all anymore? And I think all of these questions are kind of colliding right now and really undermining reality.

I might even say kind of existential question of not just can we count on the allies saying, not just can we count on the United States to protect our information and be a good security partner at the kind of tactical level, but can we count on them to be a good partner strategically at all anymore? And I think all of these questions are kind of colliding right now and really undermining reality.

What had been decades of confidence that European allies in particular had had in the United States, regardless of whether a Republican or a Democrat was sitting in the Oval Office.

What had been decades of confidence that European allies in particular had had in the United States, regardless of whether a Republican or a Democrat was sitting in the Oval Office.