Bravo, Art Hall. You have pinpointed one of the Achilles heals of Donald Trump, ie, he is unable to conserve the number of enemies that he compulsively accumulates. As so, alliances except those included in temporary extortion wolf packs are of no interest to a man who is centered only upon his personal empire. He is more like Napoleon in this manner than other dictators. Hitler, Stalin and Mao are too banal for a tyrant polished by inheritance and Penn. He is much more refined in the skill of extortion which he directs against those in closest proximity like Canada, Japan, Venezuela, etc.