President Trump realized long ago that our so-called “alliances” are nothing of the sort, in so far as they have been one-way “alliances” for over half a century. They have always been one-sided. Japan and South Korea have contributed nothing whenever America needed help elsewhere. As for the NATO countries, long ago they pledged that, upon a Russian invasion, they would defend Europe to the last American. As for their contribution in Afghanistan, it can be likened to their contributing a truck with the transmission shot. Worse, America has carried most of the financial burden of defending these “allies.” In Singapore, Donald Trump has proven to the world -- if not to the obsessively hostile American media -- that he is, indeed, a master of making deals. Although the details have not come out, if we use a bit of logic we can easily unravel the puzzle. Prior to actually meeting with Kim, Trump offered things through Secretary of State Mike...(Read Full Article)