Victor Davis Hanson

And then we got to remember of the last four administration, Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden, there was only one administration where he didn't attack his neighbors. He didn't go into... Georgia or Sasha, or he didn't try to take the Donbass or Crimea, or he didn't try to take Kiev under Donald Trump. And yet Donald Trump was told, we were told that Donald Trump had appeased him.

And of course he didn't, he was the only one that's deterred him. So the whole thing was really a dark chapter in American diplomatic and political history.

And of course he didn't, he was the only one that's deterred him. So the whole thing was really a dark chapter in American diplomatic and political history.

And of course he didn't, he was the only one that's deterred him. So the whole thing was really a dark chapter in American diplomatic and political history.

Constructive criticism. It says we want you to live up to your Western obligations to ensure free speech. And it's going to make it much worse because if you took the AFD's vote and Merz's vote, it's about 50, 51 percent of the people and they should have a conservative government.

Constructive criticism. It says we want you to live up to your Western obligations to ensure free speech. And it's going to make it much worse because if you took the AFD's vote and Merz's vote, it's about 50, 51 percent of the people and they should have a conservative government.

Constructive criticism. It says we want you to live up to your Western obligations to ensure free speech. And it's going to make it much worse because if you took the AFD's vote and Merz's vote, it's about 50, 51 percent of the people and they should have a conservative government.

But he's going to reach out to the Green Party and the Social Democrats and there's not going to be a conservative party. voice in Germany. And that's going to make people even angrier after they feel they voted for a conservative majority. And, you know, he better be very careful, Megan, because his country is running about an $80 billion trade surplus.

But he's going to reach out to the Green Party and the Social Democrats and there's not going to be a conservative party. voice in Germany. And that's going to make people even angrier after they feel they voted for a conservative majority. And, you know, he better be very careful, Megan, because his country is running about an $80 billion trade surplus.

But he's going to reach out to the Green Party and the Social Democrats and there's not going to be a conservative party. voice in Germany. And that's going to make people even angrier after they feel they voted for a conservative majority. And, you know, he better be very careful, Megan, because his country is running about an $80 billion trade surplus.

And it's not based anymore on superior German productivity. They have four times the energy costs that we do. And they're not as productive as we are anymore, and yet they're having an $80 billion because they charge 5% to 6% tariffs on all our goods, and we charge either none or 1% or 2%. We've got three big bases there.

And it's not based anymore on superior German productivity. They have four times the energy costs that we do. And they're not as productive as we are anymore, and yet they're having an $80 billion because they charge 5% to 6% tariffs on all our goods, and we charge either none or 1% or 2%. We've got three big bases there.

And it's not based anymore on superior German productivity. They have four times the energy costs that we do. And they're not as productive as we are anymore, and yet they're having an $80 billion because they charge 5% to 6% tariffs on all our goods, and we charge either none or 1% or 2%. We've got three big bases there.

We have about 75,000 American soldiers that protect Germany because of the 32 NATO countries – We asked them 11 years ago, can you just pay a measly 2% of your GDP on military expenditures? Nine of them or 10 of them haven't done that. And Germany hasn't. It's still down 1.5. And everybody looks and says, well, Germany is not doing it, so we don't have to. And then...

We have about 75,000 American soldiers that protect Germany because of the 32 NATO countries – We asked them 11 years ago, can you just pay a measly 2% of your GDP on military expenditures? Nine of them or 10 of them haven't done that. And Germany hasn't. It's still down 1.5. And everybody looks and says, well, Germany is not doing it, so we don't have to. And then...

We have about 75,000 American soldiers that protect Germany because of the 32 NATO countries – We asked them 11 years ago, can you just pay a measly 2% of your GDP on military expenditures? Nine of them or 10 of them haven't done that. And Germany hasn't. It's still down 1.5. And everybody looks and says, well, Germany is not doing it, so we don't have to. And then...

After the Nord Stream 2 dependency, Merkel thought, well, we're going to shut down all the nuclear plants, all the coal plants, all the natural gas of our own because we don't want to deal with this icky, dirty fossil fuel. But we'll get it from Russia. Let them do it and give it to us cheap. And Trump said that is stupid because you're going to be dependent on Putin and he's going to know that.

After the Nord Stream 2 dependency, Merkel thought, well, we're going to shut down all the nuclear plants, all the coal plants, all the natural gas of our own because we don't want to deal with this icky, dirty fossil fuel. But we'll get it from Russia. Let them do it and give it to us cheap. And Trump said that is stupid because you're going to be dependent on Putin and he's going to know that.

After the Nord Stream 2 dependency, Merkel thought, well, we're going to shut down all the nuclear plants, all the coal plants, all the natural gas of our own because we don't want to deal with this icky, dirty fossil fuel. But we'll get it from Russia. Let them do it and give it to us cheap. And Trump said that is stupid because you're going to be dependent on Putin and he's going to know that.

Well, now that they need liquefied natural gas from the United States. So Trump is going to correct that trade surplus with them. And if you told Germany said tomorrow, we want all of your troops out. We don't want your stupid American protection. We don't want to be under your nuclear umbrella. Get out. Trump would do it. He'd say, okay, if that's your attitude, fine.