I agree with all that you said. And, I must say, I do not trust Paul, mainly because of his amnesty shenanigans, but I agree with this statement:
“N early 70 years after the end of World War II, it’s time for our European, Asian and other allies to provide for their own defense.”
I don't trust any of the bastards.
None of them are worthy of our trust.
At most we hire them to do a job and we have to be ready to fire them when they fail.