Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world’s biggest military alliance.
The next thing out of his mouth could be completely different and that will become the official line at that point. He only sticks to any sort of agreement or position for as long as it benefits him, not one second longer than that.
True, but again unless something fundamentally changes (which, to be fair we are living in a pretty “interesting” era in history) the calculus that made Trump conclude picking a fight with Canada is a bad idea isn’t changing anytime soon. Hence, he backed down.
His most recent official line.
The next thing out of his mouth could be completely different and that will become the official line at that point. He only sticks to any sort of agreement or position for as long as it benefits him, not one second longer than that.
True, but again unless something fundamentally changes (which, to be fair we are living in a pretty “interesting” era in history) the calculus that made Trump conclude picking a fight with Canada is a bad idea isn’t changing anytime soon. Hence, he backed down.