"America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests" - Henry Kissinger.
And also... “To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.”
And also... “To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.”
Nobody has permanent friends or alliances. The point is we, a maritime power, tend to be mutually supportive in our alliances in a way land powers are not. (We prefer them to have strong economies and militaries, for instance, and are generally okay, if not thrilled, when they compete with us.)
The U.S. still does this. Now the Eastern European countries are used as a wedge against the Western ones. Pipelines are blown up, which is not supportive.
Contrast to all the newly formed (and preexisting but growing) non-western alliances and trade agreements.
At this rate, we’re going to isolate ourselves (Europe is already feeling significant pain). The West is only around a billion people out of what, 8 billion?