Something I think is useful to keep in mind: the US doesn’t have allies. Whatever they say, what they have is opponents and colonies. That’s it. Like, the Trump administration is three weeks away from imposing sanctions - sanctions - on the EU because the EU, a bunch of sovereign states and also - pretty inarguably - the US’ most important ‘ally’ is now funding a common project for the development of some new military plane. As it is, the EU buys 81% of its weapons from the US, but apparently we need to involve them into every. single. decision we make as a continent, or fucking else. And this is not on Trump: for instance, no US President has ever questioned the need to keep military bases in ‘allied’ countries, or made any serious effort to punish those soldiers who rape and murder locals living around those bases. So whatever your political position, I think it’s worth keeping this in mind: for a lot of reasons, the US is just not interested in alliances. And now the geopolitical balance is shifting and we’re seeing a truly incompetent US administration, that is more relevant than ever.