'Living in some other century': Ex-diplomat blasts Trump's wild claims at NATO summit

Systemic Error Podcast · Aug 11, 2026 · 3m

Trump Treats Alliance Security Like a Joke, Because He CanThe Source, BrieflyA former U.S. ambassador to NATO and China used a CNN appearance to say Donald Trump is wrong to dismiss Russia as a threat and wrong to talk about the Atlantic Ocean as if geography still guarantees safety. Nick Burns also said Trump speaks about NATO as though Europe has not changed, while CNN pointed to drones and modern warfare as proof that the old distance-based fantasy is dead.Power Is Not the CommentatorThe central fact is not that a former diplomat objected. It is that the sitting president is the one with…