Donald Tusk, you have to be joking!

This sudden Europe versus the United States of America talk is dangerous, stupid and futile. Donald Tusk may be a big name in the European Union - he's President of the European Council and a former Polish prime minister for those who have never heard of him - but to start pontificating, as he has done today, about Europe taking over from the US as the world's security guarantor is both embarrassing and laughable. Of course I realise why the Europeans are angry with Trump. He is trying to demolish the 2015 Iran nuclear deal which three members of the EU were involved in negotiating and signing - UK, Germany and France. Trump has not only opted out of the deal but has warned Europe and everyone else that if they try to continue trading with Iran he will make sure the US banks freeze them and stop all future and current deals. Instead of taking due notice, the EU leaders have rushed into a back room with the Iranian foreign minister to assure him that Europe is on Iran's side and wants to keep the nuclear deal going. The EU sides with Iran against the US!!! Oh my, what the hell is going on? And then Tusk pops up and says Europe is now the all-swinging power that will preserve the world's morals and keep everyone safe. Sorry, just a brief reminder: The US Navy has ten, soon to be 11, aircraft carriers, UK has zero - okay they've built one and are building a second but neither will be any use for years because they don't have aircraft on board - France has one ageing carrier which spends a lot of its time in maintenance and Germany has, well Germany has nothing of any significance at all in the military business and is still failing to spend the two per cent of GDP on defence which all members of Nato are supposed to guarantee. So, Mr Tusk, what mighty EU power do you have in mind exactly? The reality is that, Trump or no Trump, the US remains the only guarantor of all of our freedom and you better remember that when you make such silly pronouncements. We need the US as much if not more than we ever did. So, I'm sorry to say it, but don't piss off Trump so much that he finally wakes up one morning and tweets: "You know what? Nato can go to hell." I think Europe should start thinking seriously about that 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Come on, it was a real stinker, you know that. It was so short-lived, all Iran had to do was do nothing for ten years, benefit from the billions of dollars coming their way from trade deals with the West, and then turn themselves into a major military power, probably with nukes. Europe needs to keep the US on side and stop scurrying to Iran with apologies and pleas and promises of future trade deals. I reckon Iran thinks it's on to a winner. If Tehran can successfully keep Europe and the US divided over the nuclear deal, it puts them in a pretty strong position. So, Donald Tusk, enough of these naive speeches about the great European power and stop collaborating with Iran.