As a European I’m actually grateful to Kishore for saying this: he expresses a view that almost everyone in a position of power outside Europe has, but that few dare say.

As a result, people like Macron or Mertz believe – wrongly – that they’re admired by their peers outside Europe when it’s simply not the case: they’re largely seen as self-harming fools who can’t think strategically nor govern properly.

Nothing worse than a fool who doesn’t realize everyone is quietly mocking them behind his back. Kishore is doing  the decent thing by stating the truth plainly.