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John Ivison: An untrustworthy Trump administration sounds worried its allies don’t trust it anymore

For someone who says he's unbothered by NATO allies pursuing a more autonomous path, the under secretary of war sounds awfully anxious

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For many years, Elbridge Colby has been one of the loudest voices in Washington calling for America’s NATO allies to pay their “fair share” on defence, in order to allow the United States to pivot toward the growing challenge of China.

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It was something of a surprise, then, to see Colby, President Donald Trump’s “Under Secretary of War,” attacking those same allies on social media Tuesday for doing exactly what he has asked them to do for so long.

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Colby penned a lengthy thread on X dumping on the collective “middle power strategy” that the Europeans and Canada have been pursuing, while at the same time dismissing it as not a “serious possibility.”

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