The on-stage masterclass in deference this past summer from Mark Rutte, secretary-general of NATO and former Dutch prime minister, toward U.S. President Donald Trump may mark the most telling moment in Europe’s abrogation of power. Europeans must hope it marks something less bleak, the search for a new modus operandi in a more performative world.
When the head of the largest military alliance in the world calls the president of the United States “daddy,” you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s all over for the functional independence, much less dignity, of the subordinate children.
When the head of the largest military alliance in the world calls the president of the United States “daddy,” you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s all over for the functional independence, much less dignity, of the subordinate children.
The on-stage masterclass in deference this past summer from Mark Rutte, secretary-general of NATO and former Dutch prime minister, toward U.S. President Donald Trump may mark the most telling moment in Europe’s abrogation of power. Europeans must hope it marks something less bleak, the search for a new modus operandi in a more performative world.
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