Who would have imagined an American president doing his level best in 2018 to break up the NATO alliance that has stood as a bulwark against Soviet/Russian aggression in Europe for nearly 70 years? Every U.S. president since Harry Truman has understood its strategic importance and the value of strong U.S. leadership to maintain its collective strength.
That is, every president but one. This would be the same president who has taken pains to ensure that his July 16 meeting with Russian President and former KGB officer Vladimir Putin will be conducted with no other American officials in the room.