I think you misunderstand. This:

could NATO even defend Europe against Russia, against the US’ will?

was a question about how NATO internals work, decision making and bureaucracy, not raw firepower.

You know Canada is a NATO founding member, don’t you?

You know, you’re right. The alliance is already there.

But the USA is also in it… could NATO even defend Europe against Russia, against the US’ will?

I’m sure he does. But his constituency still doesn’t.

Let’s again quote this from some 2016 article that stuck in my head:

They voted for the elephant in the china shop. Little did they realize that they were the china.

And. They. Still. Don’t. Realize.

My only hope is that right now, his supporters are dwindling. How much though and will it still have an effect come next election and won’t it be too late anyhow…

I know, religion is bad an’ all that, but I like this guy. Always did.

It seems selling Tariffs to his constituency as something that only affects other countries was his biggest grift after all.

Ah, who am I kidding. It’s all grift. A gigantic hairball of grift.

I wish I knew enough about Canadian politics to have a deeper opinion, but afaics: Good

Oh and as a Eu citizen I feel very good about Canada maybe hopefully joining some sort of alliance with us. I didn’t have it on my radar before 2025.

There is nothing unique about the United States’ intelligence capabilities. It is possible to replace them

I love this statement. There might be some bluster in it, but they’ve made their choice (well it was made for them really) and are sticking with it & sticking it to Trump.

As a EU citizen I hope it has the doubtlessly desired effect on the EU to finally Get Its Shit Together.