Keir Starmer has pledged British boots on the ground to keep whatever peace Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin carve up between them over Ukraine. The consequences are staggering and disturbing, as the Matts discover during the course of a tightly argued podcast. Meanwhile, JD Vance openly humiliates European leaders and sends the clearest signal yet that America First is a slogan representing international menace and opportunism and national selfishness. How can divided and US-dependent European nations hope to defend themselves in a world where the US is no longer there to pay the bill? Where does Europe fit into a world of strongman spheres?
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