How?

By Bruce Menke

How did the United States end up with a President and Vice President who:

Insult and demean our most supportive and loyal neighbor (Canada) and claim that country should become the 51st state;

Levy disastrous, prosperity shattering tariffs on our most important trading partners (Canada and Mexico);

Travel to Europe to attack our most important military alliance (NATO), which has prevented Russian military aggression in Europe for nearly 80 years;

Refuse to meet with the Chancellor of our most important European continental ally (Germany) and, instead, support and meet with the leader of the infamous extreme right-wing party (Alternative fuer Deutschland) which sees nothing wrong with the Nazi's;

Threaten to invade Panama;

Claim the Greenland territory of our loyal ally, Denmark;

Declare the defense of Ukraine from a genocidal war waged by Russia is not a priority, even as Russia attempts to re-establish hegemony over Europe and declares the United States its mortal enemy and then concedes to Russia 20% of Ukraine and excludes Ukraine from negations with Russia over the fate of Ukraine;

Declares the United States will take over Gaza, engage in ethnic cleansing to remove the Gazans and then convert Gaza into the Riviera;

The damage being inflicted by these two individuals to the security of the United States is without parallel in the history of our nation and plays directly into the hands of our most determined and dangerous enemies.

Bruce Menke is a resident of Athens.