The longer the war with Iran drags on, the clearer it becomes that America’s allies have little interest in doing things that allies traditionally do. Some European leaders have merely said they will not participate in the war, that they have no interest in fighting Donald Trump’s battles. Others have taken concrete steps to hinder American efforts—notably, by denying American troops access to bases in their countries or denying them permission to fly over their airspace. Others still—namely, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Spain’s Pedro Sánchez—appear to have determined that their nation’s welfare no longer aligns with that of the United States, which is a legitimate position but hardly one that would define an “ally.”
The clearer it becomes that America’s longstanding erstwhile allies are unhappy with current arrangements, the more agitated President Trump’s domestic opponents—on the Left and the Right—grow. They are certain that Trump’s Middle East conflict is the straw that will break the back of the camel that is the post-World War II global order. He is an abomination, they insist, a simplistic fool who knows nothing about the history and grandeur of NATO, the importance of the trans-Atlantic partnership, or the bonds that tie “the West” together and make its preservation the central purpose of American foreign policy. He will destroy everything and leave the world and the nation worse off because of it.
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