David Frum: Americans Need to Understand, the Alliances Are Over; The U.S. Is Alone Just the Way Trump Wanted

Wallace David Frum let ░░░░░░░░ bring you in on ░░░░░░░░ question It also your ░░░░░░░░ your old boss George ░░░░░░░░ Bush he first convened ░░░░░░░░ Pelosi then Senator Obama ░░░░░░░░ Senator McCain and the ░░░░░░░░ was able to speak ░░░░░░░░ of with one voice ░░░░░░░░ Trump and his cabinet ░░░░░░░░ not speak with one ░░░░░░░░ So it seems that ░░░░░░░░ prospects of getting the ░░░░░░░░ to row in our ░░░░░░░░ would be greatly hampered ░░░░░░░░ the inability of the ░░░░░░░░ Administration to speak with ░░░░░░░░ voice FRUM the United ░░░░░░░░ has since Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ to office threatened to ░░░░░░░░ territory from NATO ally ░░░░░░░░ has threatened to annex ░░░░░░░░ ally Canada I think ░░░░░░░░ need to understand the ░░░░░░░░ are over the United ░░░░░░░░ is alone just the ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump wanted wait ░░░░░░░░ alone El Salvador the ░░░░░░░░ States and El Salvador ░░░░░░░░ and maybe Russia sometimes ░░░░░░░░ I think the reason ░░░░░░░░ of this is such ░░░░░░░░ threat to the president ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump has promised ░░░░░░░░ Trump has led the ░░░░░░░░ States into certainly the ░░░░░░░░ severe economic hardship of ░░░░░░░░ past 20 years This ░░░░░░░░ be as bad as ░░░░░░░░ Great Recession It may ░░░░░░░░ as bad as anything ░░░░░░░░ anyone can remember But ░░░░░░░░ s promised at every ░░░░░░░░ this is going to ░░░░░░░░ easy This is going ░░░░░░░░ be cheap Yes we ░░░░░░░░ bullying all our former ░░░░░░░░ We re betraying people ░░░░░░░░ ve betrayed Ukrainian soldiers ░░░░░░░░ the field But there ░░░░░░░░ be no cost to ░░░░░░░░ But in fact it ░░░░░░░░ something that s going ░░░░░░░░ be hugely expensive So ░░░░░░░░ he says to other ░░░░░░░░ you don t have ░░░░░░░░ cards because you re ░░░░░░░░ and weaker you said ░░░░░░░░ the Canadians you don ░░░░░░░░ have the cards because ░░░░░░░░ re smaller and weaker ░░░░░░░░ that is true But ░░░░░░░░ in Canada say we ░░░░░░░░ pay a price in ░░░░░░░░ to retain our political ░░░░░░░░ much as we like ░░░░░░░░ How much of a ░░░░░░░░ price are Americans prepared ░░░░░░░░ pay to be less ░░░░░░░░ than China How much ░░░░░░░░ a price And the ░░░░░░░░ is no price No ░░░░░░░░ thought they were signing ░░░░░░░░ for this The idea ░░░░░░░░ there is going to ░░░░░░░░ by summer I think ░░░░░░░░ unemployment prices are going ░░░░░░░░ start rising very very ░░░░░░░░ No one signed up ░░░░░░░░ this Everyone was promised ░░░░░░░░ would be easy It ░░░░░░░░ going to hurt hurt ░░░░░░░░ hurt and for no ░░░░░░░░ at all Wallace David ░░░░░░░░ we started with the ░░░░░░░░ which we don t ░░░░░░░░ do around here but ░░░░░░░░ is —“