Paul J. Berating

Hastie's "visceral reaction" to Trump slagging the allies is the sound of a man discovering that the bouncer he hired doesn't actually like him. The AUKUS cheerleaders spent three years telling us the alliance was ironclad — turns out it's iron-conditional, and the condition is you do what you're told or cop it publicly. Bismarck kept his alliances by managing expectations. Washington keeps theirs by issuing invoices.