Trump, Farage, NATO and the Question Putin Never Had to Ask

 

Isn’t it funny. Funny strange, not funny haha.

Both Donald Trump and Nigel Farage have, time and again, taken positions that just happen to benefit one man above all others. Vladimir Putin.

Farage was the chief cheerleader for the UK leaving the EU. Brexit did exactly what the Kremlin wanted. It fractured Europe, weakened collective bargaining power, and made the continent less cohesive politically, economically, and militarily. Putin could not have scripted it better if he had written the campaign leaflets himself.

Trump, meanwhile, has spent years doing Russia’s work for it. He has undermined the relationship between the US and Europe, sneered at allies, and openly questioned the value of NATO. Is it still relevant. Will the US honour it. Would America actually step in if Article 5 were triggered? All now conveniently in doubt because Trump cannot go five minutes without lobbing a grenade into the alliance that has kept the West stable for decades.

And let’s be clear. When the US needed help after 9/11, Article 5 was triggered for the first and only time. European allies, including the UK, backed America without hesitation. No hand-wringing. No transactional bullshit. We showed up.

Trump, on the other hand, does not give a shit about that history. He treats alliances like a protection racket and loyalty like a subscription service. Miss a payment and you are on your own. That is not leadership. It is vandalism.

Right now, Putin is effectively having his birthday party every single day. Western unity weakened. NATO credibility questioned. Democratic systems under internal attack by their own politicians. Champagne corks popping in the Kremlin.

If Trump and Farage are not Russian assets, then frankly they are doing the job so well they might as well be.

And there is one question that has stuck in my mind ever since Trump first came out with it.

If Europe supposedly needs the US more than the US needs Europe, then why the fuck did America trigger Article 5 and ask for help when it needed it most?

Funny that.

Gary’s Soapbox Comment

What makes this so dangerous is not that Trump or Farage openly wave Russian flags. It is that they do not need to. The damage is done through doubt, division, and the quiet erosion of trust between allies. NATO was never meant to be a pay-as-you-go service, nor was democracy meant to be run like a grift.

Putin did not have to fire a shot to weaken the West. He simply had to sit back and watch as Western politicians did it for him, loudly, proudly, and in public. When alliances are questioned, when Article 5 is treated like a bargaining chip, and when unity is portrayed as weakness, only one side benefits.

The most damning part is this: when America needed help, Europe answered without hesitation. No invoices. No threats. No tantrums. That solidarity is now treated as optional by people who claim to be patriots.

Putin never had to ask whether NATO would survive. Others asked it for him.