For months, there has been tension within the Western coalition: is the United States close to abandoning Europe? Political rhetoric on both sides of the Atlantic has tilted that way, but there is another explanation: European hawks are using the public’s dislike of Trump to finally raise defense spending, as they have wished all along. Today’s video investigates a way to check which of these two is currently the case. It is a journey that will take me across an ocean and through multiple world leaders to try to get an answer.0:00 Lines on Maps Goes to a NATO Summit1:10 U.S. Abandonment Concerns, or a Political Ploy?7:11 The NATO Warplan: How to Differentiate Between Two Theories11:05 What I Learned at the NATO Summit16:29 What Non-Classified Information Can Still Tell Us22:14 NATO’s Biggest Current ThreatsTh
