The always interesting Conrad Black, he of British citizenship, Canadian residence and birth, and American exposure, aka Baron Black of Crossharbour, writes a tour d’horizon of the major elements of NATO, for the National Post of Canada, as they stand today, before he leaves for vacation.
He sees Trump, Macron and new Italian leader Conte secure, Merkel and May in trouble, and Trudeau somewhere in between. I see little to argue with in his assessments. It is, however, interesting nobody seems to care much about the leaders of largish places like Spain and Poland.
Black seems relatively sure things will not change markedly between now and early September. It’s an assessment with which I am not entirely comfortable. Murphy (of the famous Law) takes no vacations.
