In this episode of "CNN... The Most Trusted Name in News™"...

It never gets old on CNN. Even as the left-wing news outlet's ratings continue to swirl down the toilet, its on-air "talent" continues beclown themselves, daily. 

Such was the case on Wednesday's episode of "CNN This Morning" when New York Times podcaster Lulu Garcia-Navarro joined the panel for a rousing round of idiocy, as those assembled hyperventilated over President Donald Trump's Tuesday comments about wanting Europe to fund more of its defense.

Not to nitpick, but that's exactly what Trump demanded during his first term.

In addition, there was zero support for Trump's Tuesday comments on Ukraine, in which he arguably blamed Ukraine for Russia's invasion, but I digress; I'll leave that topic for another article.

Garcia-Navarro kicked off the relevant portion of the segment, pretending to wonder who America's allies are — now that Trump's back in the White House...

I think, a wider issue here about what is Donald Trump's foreign policy? What are we looking at here? Are we looking at a complete change in who our traditional allies are? This is the question that I keep on asking myself. Who are America's allies now? When you are praising Vladimir Putin and you are offending Canada, the European Union, Panama. 

CNN's Jim Sciutto jumped in, adding: "Denmark over Greenland."

Garcia-Navarro was still fixated on the question (in her mind) of who America's allies are in Trump's mind:

Yeah. This becomes the broader question of who is the United States actually allying themselves with? And what does that actually mean for our security in the world? 

Sciutto's pump was now primed:

I mean, that is the thing that, Jonah, that came out of Munich, right, is that this was not just Europe worrying about Trump abandoning Ukraine. It's Europe worried about Trump abandoning Europe. And by the way, saying so, in so many words: Europe, it's up to you right now. Which was the worry prior to the election. I heard it frequently, and now this is the reality they're dealing with. 

Then it got worse.

Veteran "journalist" Jonah Goldberg said that while Trump has a "goldfish's memory" of history, he subscribes to a "19th-century notion of spheres of influence": 

Yeah, I want to be real clear. I think that Donald Trump has a goldfish's memory of historical, you know, stuff. But he is very similar to a 19th-century imperial leader. That when you talk about his allies, I think he goes from, he subscribes organically, instinctually, to a 19th-century notion of spheres of influence, where we're the boss of the Americas and Western Europe, and we can boss them around, and we can treat our allies as really like underlings, because this is our zone. Putin has his zone. He's another strong man. Xi has his zone. 

And that's one of the things that helps explain why Trump likes to talk, why he heaps praise on dictators and adversaries while heaping scorn on friends, is that he thinks our friends are actually subordinates.

Memo to Jonah: 

Call European nations what you want, but in a global sense, they are subordinate to the United States. 

Moreover, the expectation that they carry their own weight, not only by paying for their own national security, but also by ponying up and paying their annual dues to the America-loathing United Nations, is beyond reasonable — whether they are America's allies or not. 

Goldberg continued his ridiculous rant:

[Trump] thinks NATO is basically a protection racket or a country club, and they're not paying enough dues to him. They're not kicking up to the boss enough. But he sees Xi and Putin as basically rival crime families, and they deserve respect because they are equal strongmen. ... They get Taiwan, they get Ukraine, we get Panama.

Spoiler: 

Trump is not going to "get" either Panama or Greenland — and Canada's not going to become America's 51st state. It's called "negotiating from a position of strength," loons — a concept foreign to the disastrous previous administration.

I'm out.