Trump AND Washington Against NATO. Neocons Scared Warmongering Might End

Donald Trump has again very publicly spoken out against the Neocon’s sacred cow, the big NATO alliance. How dare he?! The backbone of US empire! How dare he question the institution, even if it is just because he wants other members to pay more into the alliance. The neocons are very publicly foaming about this audacity. But there is more to the story. The other former US president who spoke out against permanent alliances is of course the very first one. Let’s read together parts of Washington’s Farewell Speech of 1796 to understand just how badly that guy would be derided today by the neocons as a MAGA isolationist if he held that speech now.