Ukraine. It also opened a new phase in America’s trans-Atlantic relations. We shall soon discover whether it also means the beginning of the end for NATO and the further destabilization of a Europe unwilling to defend itself,

Europe wants to have a place at the table. Well, I told them, fight yourself a way to the table by coming up with concrete proposals,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

European officials knew the president’s win would threaten the fundamental precepts of the post-World War II order. But the speed at which it is unraveling has created a crisis of enormous proportions.