© AP Photo/Matt DunhaOn Apr 8, 2018 US President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite during a tour of the new NATO headquarters during a NATO summit of heads of state and government in Brussels on Thursday, May 25, 2017. US President Donald Trump and other NATO heads of state and government on Thursday will inaugurate the new headquarters as well as participating in an official working dinner.
"I think that today the Baltic countries are the best allies that you have in Europe and in NATO, and besides, we are doing our homework, we are modernizing our armies, we are already spending 2% on defense" said Dalia Grybauskaite, Lithuanian president.
Of course, the Russian threat was mentioned. After all, Russophobia for the Baltic leaders is a national idea, a foreign policy base, and the main export commodity.
Trump suddenly came to an unexpected conclusion for the congregation: his guests are stupid. "To be honest, we are very tough on Russia, but in my opinion, if we get along with Russia, it will be a good thing, not a bad thing. We will see if we can do this or not, but if you could get along, it would be great. Let's see what will happen, only time will tell. It would be a good thing, not a bad thing, and almost everyone agrees with this, except for very stupid people. "
Comment: How fortunate for the Americans that they can afford to be this ignorant about world affairs. The only reason they asked for more US military forces in their countries is because they absolutely do NOT want to 'get along with Russia'. They have large Russian minorities in their countries and it would be the end of their ethnically-based rule if they ever normalized relations with Russia and thus stopped treating their Russian populations like second-class citizens.