Earlier this week, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte commented to the European Parliament’s defense and foreign affairs committees that Europe is unable to defend itself without the United States, and that supporters of such an idea should “keep on dreaming.” For someone who called President Trump “daddy,” such perceived dependence upon the United States is to be expected. But the only one dreaming is Rutte. If he thinks the United States will or can sustain troops in Europe indefinitely, then he is sorely mistaken. The United States is incapable of sustaining troops in Europe with its worsening domestic fiscal ... (full story)