9/4 Americans rarely elevate foreign political leaders into their own heroes but it did happen w Churchill who lead the fight against Hitler. And it happened again with Angela Merkel because she scornfully rejected Trump's call for more munitions for NATO and less gas from Russia.
8/12 Did you know? South Korea never released a statement on heightened China-Taiwan tensions following Pelosi’s visit, making them the only US ally in the Indo-Pacific not to do so.
7/7 .@RepMalliotakis on board/cosponsored F16s amendment “despite Greece's legitimate concerns @POTUS signaled willingness to provide Turkey with US warplanes/kits which would only heighten threat against some of our country's strongest allies, including Greece, Cyprus, Israel”
Europeans shouldn't take America's protection for granted just because Trump is no longer in office. The United States is one or maybe two bad elections removed from going down a very dark path so relying on it to the extent that we do is a big risk.
I had my first call yesterday with @MOFAkr_eng Foreign Minister Park Jin to discuss our close coordination to address the DPRK’s concerning escalatory actions on the Korean Peninsula, the importance of trilateral cooperation with Japan, and additional efforts to support Ukraine.
めっちゃ正しくて笑う Ouch! In @TheEconomist, @ConStelz delivers a harsh yet altogether not unfair judgement on Germany in the run up to the war in Ukraine: 'Germany had outsourced its security to the United States, its energy needs to Russia and its export-led growth to China.'
1:26 Russia has moved in 90% of its “pre-staged combat power” into Ukraine but still has “the vast, vast majority of their total combat power” available, a senior US defense official says (via @MichaelTConte@barbarastarrcnn)