Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Everyone but Trump Understands...
Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

The Atlantic
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social ...reading this makes one crystal clear on the fact that trump is seriously mentally ill...beyond, far beyond, just incompetence, or gross stupidity. The harm, the epic harm, of him remaining in office has for months, but glaringly so now, rests on the shrimp-like shoulders of MAGA Congress members....and the equally appallingly cowardly Cabinet members. They have the power to remove him.