“’The first year I was here, the Europeans all said, “It’s fine, because all the adults are in the room,”’ said Celeste Wallander, who was on President Barack Obama’s National Security Council. ‘The second year, it was, “Tell us this is as bad as it’s going to get.” The third year, it was like, “Oh my God, this is awful. What do we do,” and this year they’ve all normalized it…'”