Shashank Joshi

And possibly since, you know, I think certainly since the end of the Cold War, possibly the most dramatic rupture in transatlantic relations, maybe since the 1950s. And I can see people finding new ways to spend more on defense. You can have a big 150 billion euro loan facility for European defence programmes.

And possibly since, you know, I think certainly since the end of the Cold War, possibly the most dramatic rupture in transatlantic relations, maybe since the 1950s. And I can see people finding new ways to spend more on defense. You can have a big 150 billion euro loan facility for European defence programmes.

You could allow the EU's own budget to go on defence, get a European investment bank to put money into it. So I'm seeing all these new solutions to say, at the end of the day, whether it's for Ukraine, whether it's for us, if America walks away from NATO, we need more money. And I am seeing radical new ways to consider that that I haven't seen in the past.

You could allow the EU's own budget to go on defence, get a European investment bank to put money into it. So I'm seeing all these new solutions to say, at the end of the day, whether it's for Ukraine, whether it's for us, if America walks away from NATO, we need more money. And I am seeing radical new ways to consider that that I haven't seen in the past.

You could allow the EU's own budget to go on defence, get a European investment bank to put money into it. So I'm seeing all these new solutions to say, at the end of the day, whether it's for Ukraine, whether it's for us, if America walks away from NATO, we need more money. And I am seeing radical new ways to consider that that I haven't seen in the past.

I think fundamentally the same reason it's been invested in Europe since 1945. It realized that a continent in which this authoritarian power is able to steamroller over a smaller power, change borders by force, that this begins to threaten NATO. And if you threaten NATO, you begin to threaten Ukraine.

I think fundamentally the same reason it's been invested in Europe since 1945. It realized that a continent in which this authoritarian power is able to steamroller over a smaller power, change borders by force, that this begins to threaten NATO. And if you threaten NATO, you begin to threaten Ukraine.

I think fundamentally the same reason it's been invested in Europe since 1945. It realized that a continent in which this authoritarian power is able to steamroller over a smaller power, change borders by force, that this begins to threaten NATO. And if you threaten NATO, you begin to threaten Ukraine.

the basis of European security, the cohesion and peace and economic prosperity of Europe that America has benefited from by trading with Europe for so many years. But I think the larger picture is also that if you're in a world where a dictator can basically rewrite the borders by force and say, actually, this country doesn't exist. I'm going to take it.

the basis of European security, the cohesion and peace and economic prosperity of Europe that America has benefited from by trading with Europe for so many years. But I think the larger picture is also that if you're in a world where a dictator can basically rewrite the borders by force and say, actually, this country doesn't exist. I'm going to take it.

the basis of European security, the cohesion and peace and economic prosperity of Europe that America has benefited from by trading with Europe for so many years. But I think the larger picture is also that if you're in a world where a dictator can basically rewrite the borders by force and say, actually, this country doesn't exist. I'm going to take it.

that this doesn't bode well for everyone else. This doesn't bode well for Taiwan. It doesn't bode well if you're kind of Japan or South Korea. It doesn't bode well if you're any American ally. And in turning that upside down, I'm seeing concern, profound concern, not just among Europeans. You know, you can accuse us of being whiny Europeans, and sometimes we are.

that this doesn't bode well for everyone else. This doesn't bode well for Taiwan. It doesn't bode well if you're kind of Japan or South Korea. It doesn't bode well if you're any American ally. And in turning that upside down, I'm seeing concern, profound concern, not just among Europeans. You know, you can accuse us of being whiny Europeans, and sometimes we are.

that this doesn't bode well for everyone else. This doesn't bode well for Taiwan. It doesn't bode well if you're kind of Japan or South Korea. It doesn't bode well if you're any American ally. And in turning that upside down, I'm seeing concern, profound concern, not just among Europeans. You know, you can accuse us of being whiny Europeans, and sometimes we are.

But actually, I'm seeing a lot of concern among Taiwanese, among Japanese, among Australians who are looking at this and thinking, hey, this administration that is saying – I will no longer defend you. And in fact, I want you to give me $500 billion worth of minerals to pay me back. They're saying, what would this administration do if my country came under attack? And would they do anything?

But actually, I'm seeing a lot of concern among Taiwanese, among Japanese, among Australians who are looking at this and thinking, hey, this administration that is saying – I will no longer defend you. And in fact, I want you to give me $500 billion worth of minerals to pay me back. They're saying, what would this administration do if my country came under attack? And would they do anything?

But actually, I'm seeing a lot of concern among Taiwanese, among Japanese, among Australians who are looking at this and thinking, hey, this administration that is saying – I will no longer defend you. And in fact, I want you to give me $500 billion worth of minerals to pay me back. They're saying, what would this administration do if my country came under attack? And would they do anything?

Or would they turn on me and demand I hand over my resources in a kind of protection racket? I think that's provoking some serious questions about the reliability and integrity and the good faith of the United States government as we have known it for 80 years.

Or would they turn on me and demand I hand over my resources in a kind of protection racket? I think that's provoking some serious questions about the reliability and integrity and the good faith of the United States government as we have known it for 80 years.

Or would they turn on me and demand I hand over my resources in a kind of protection racket? I think that's provoking some serious questions about the reliability and integrity and the good faith of the United States government as we have known it for 80 years.