Exactly. And not just diplomatic. Regarding trade, Usa needs Europe the same (if not even more) than Europe needs them. Europe, IF stands together (big, big if that) is equal to USA.
Nowhere near enough, 2% is basically only enough to maintain the existing forces and considering years / decades of underspending huge gaps have formed in the European militaries, so you need to increase the spending massively from the current levels just to shore it all up let alone to build on top of it. I don’t think you realize how run down most European Nato militaries are in reality…
You can’t seriously expect other European nations to hurt their economies by sanctioning the US over this Greenland debacle? I certainly don’t.
And I don't think you realize the historical context for why this is the case. If the US wanted a militarily strong Europe they shouldn't have built bases all over it while doing their utmost to undermine the industrial base supporting it. That's why the whole spending critique is ridiculous, and they know it. They have us exactly where they want us, dependent and pliant. Trump doesn't want Europe to build up its own industrial base, he wants the increased public spending to be used on US equipment, propping up their industrial base, making us even more dependent on them.
I agree to an extent on why we have the current state of affairs but I couldn’t care less about Trump in all honesty we need a much stronger Europe and that includes strong military to be able to stand on our own in these volatile times, it is only going to get worse.
I agree, but that would require rebalancing the relationship with the US, which I'm not sure we're capable of at this point. And even if we were, we'd then be considered a competitor instead of a friendly vassal, with all the consequences that would have. I share the dream though.
It might get back to normal once we’re past the 2nd Trumo term, but strategically I think we should re-think this relationship as US can no longer be relied upon going forwards, we will always be one Trump away from this nonense but to achieve that you’ve got to have military and energy independence. All the money wasted on green initiatives should be redirected to more pressing matters in my opinion as the rest of the world simply doesn’t give a flying and we can really leave ourselves behind quite badly.
How has the industrial base been undermined?
By creating a depency on the US through the creation of NATO. By making massive amounts of aid contigent on US market access. By pushing the EU as a concept in itself, eliminating internal European competition. By using political pressure to make various govermnents favour US producers over European ones.
I'm not very optimistic about it, but I agree.
Where’s your fighting spirit. Do the words John Jensen and Mads Mikkelsen mean nothing to you!?
I have a feeling that the median Trump supporter isn't the kind to spend his weekends assembling his $400 LEGO Death Star
And it just lasted since the 1940s without the US doing anything to make sure it stayed that way? European countries are just too cheap and exploiting the goodwill of the US? Right.
Except a political situation disincentivising it.
By doing just that. Why should any European country not bordering Russia spend money on defence?
That is true. But the country asserting that pressure then doesn't usually complain that the buyer doesn't have their own industry, or that they did in fact not buy enough to their liking.
It seems eerily reminiscent of that.
Panama can double tolls on US ships. Denmark can expel all American military personnel from Greenland.
Laugh and point would probably be the appropriate response as Trump is just shitposting.
Denmark can't sell Greenland. By greenland law, they can declare independence from denmark if they wish and denmark could not oppose (if not by force and against the law) Majority of greenlandic people wants independence but a bigger majority don't want it if that means lowering the living standards.
Depends on the rant, but isn’t there quite a lot of support for the theory that covid was an accidental mishap from a lab?
I thought it was debunked. May be I am the one out of the loop.
Are there MAGA-esque right wingers in Denmark and if so, what are they saying?
Denmark can set a trap in the winter when its' always dark by pouring millions of small Lego pieces all over Danish soil. That'll teach those pesky Yank invaders
Because climate change isn’t a pressing matter? The rest of the world - India, Brazil, African countries - will rightly feel they don’t have any obligation at all to pay for climate initiatives until the West show a willingness to do more. China certainly doesn’t seem to think it’s a waste to invest in green energy either, though they keep building coal plants as well.
It wouldn’t be legotimate! They’d have to be dumb as a brick to do it.
How Denmark found themselves in that shitty situation? Why they signed that kind of treaty with Greenland? They had Murtough to negotiate terms?
they’d only spend it on whale blubber and pictures of their cousins.
