It was the rustle of paperwork heard around the world: a 33-page US security plan that upended virtually everything Europe takes for granted about its closest military ally.
In a new national security strategy report (NSS), the Trump administration painted an excoriating picture of a Europe in terminal decline and ruled by weak, corrupt elites.
“Civilisational erasure” loomed for the Continent, the NSS claimed, blaming centrist governments for their fixation on open borders, political correctness and censorship.
Tough love but someone had to do it and I include Canada among the deserving recipients.
