The problem with him is that he doesn’t uphold his agreements. Combine that with him thinking that the President is King and the US is an extension of himself means that you can no longer trust the US to uphold its agreements. So, no we are no longer allies in any way that you can count on. I’d suggest that Canada pay lip service to the “allies” bit, but not count on it in any way.

I agree, but I’m enough out of the loop that I didn’t realize how old he looked. I saw the recent (and terrible) mission impossible movie and he didn’t look nearly as old. I know movie magic and all, but that picture still surprised me.

Tom Cruise is looking rough.

That’s not a friend.

There hasn’t been a new Silo book since the third one came out, several years ago.

There have been a couple short stories. One written by Hugh Howey and another written by someone else.