America’s Turning Its Alliances Into a Protection Racket

America’s Turning Its Alliances Into a Protection Racket

Europe needs to show a united front to gain Trump’s respect.

Trump’s newest presidential tradition: protection rackets

Words matter. And in all the discussion around President Trump’s proposed rear Earth elements deal with Ukraine, why have we never heard the proper words used to describe it? It’s not a “deal,” it’s not a “negotiation”: it’s extortion. The thug holding the Oval Office in the United States is demanding the ravaged nation of Ukraine to pay us protection money. “Nice country you used to have. Be a shame if we let the Russians just take it from you.…