The narrative follows reality by at least 48 hours. Clearly, in the back room deals are down weeks before they’re announced. Permission? Since when are “orders” permission?
There is, apparently, a class of people so blind to due process and Juridical Precedent that they can celebrate the fatal undermining of the Law. They can gloat and celebrate a blatantly obvious travesty of the US legal system.
The NATO countries have a tiny fraction of what they would need to defend against an expansionist Russia. And they threaten. How much will we need to “PAY” before our leaders admit they’re idiots?