“The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter. Because “we will never fucking trust you again.” The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement. I agreed with it entirely. So, it seemed to me, did most of the non-Americans. … it was still being talked about the next day. “Thank God,” one allied official said to me. “Someone had to tell them.”” #MustRead #UN #NATO #Canada #Allies

Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'

Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.