Why is it more shocking for President Macron to talk about “brain-dead” NATO than for President Trump to say it is “obsolete”? And President Macron, through his unwelcome provocations, ruins that hope. Unfortunately, although they may agree privately with his analysis, most European leaders are irritated by Mr. Macron’s methods. Mr. Macron answered with serious fact-checking about the resilience of the very ISIS that Mr. Trump claimed to have defeated. Just as important, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Mr. Macron had dinner together in London, on the margins of the NATO meeting, to patch things up.

Source: New York Times December 06, 2019 10:52 UTC