Der Verbündete, den Europa zu verlieren befürchtete, ist nun derjenige, den es fürchtet

Like I’ve said elsewhere, the real elephant in the room for Europe and by extension the entire free world is not the idea that America is no longer a reliable ally.

It’s the growing likelihood that America is now a threat to the free world; an imperialist power that behaves just like Russia and China. This is such a terrifying prospect that no international politician even wants to discuss it in public. I do hope they have had discussions in private instead of waiting for the tariff / sanction / military hammer to fall on them.

Hopefully, the EU will take that as a lesson and learn that the US has always been and will always be unreliable.

I would like to see a European army now.

Very good article. Painfully to read yet so true. Europe is weak and hence has to swallow the humiliation which is around the corner. Not concession, not political maneuvering. Geostrategic humiliation and a realisation that they are nothing more than a plaything for the people with guns and the willingness to use them. 

Yet the UK just did this.

„The UK will be at the leading edge of defence innovation as the government signs a new partnership with Palantir to unlock billions in investment and deliver on the Government’s Plan for Change“.

Embarrassing.

The main problem is, Europe in general is not vocal when they fight back. The tone always seems mild which is taken for weakness by Americans. Europe needs to speak the same language, at least with this administration.

If they talk about taking Greenland, tell them Europe will discuss with California governor directly to start referendum for it to become California republic. Fight their aggression with aggression.

The time for mildness is over.

Scotland needs to confiscate his crappy golf course. Hit him where it hurts.

No worries, it will be a peaceful referendum.

Actually, I do not think the United States is an unreliable ally, nor do I believe that Europe should be afraid of being abandoned.

Rather, I think the American political elite has realized that the war in Ukraine has been contributing to a gradual strengthening of Europe, and therefore to a slow increase in its strategic autonomy. Not in a dramatic or sudden way, but step by step.

This is likely what concerns US leaders the most: the emergence of a stronger and more independent Europe. One that develops its own defense industry, its own technological ecosystems, and its own strategic priorities. Such a shift would significantly alter the current balance.

In that scenario, the United States would not lose its influence through conflict, but through rebalancing. A Europe that no longer depends as heavily on American weapons, technology, and strategic leadership would inevitably reduce US global leverage, potentially accelerating a relative shift of power toward China.

This is why USA tries currently to afraid us.

NATO needs to be disolved or expunge the US. Pick whatever one that leads to a European defense force. Europe also needs to step away from American made defense material.

The US cannot be trusted at this point and it will take decades to regain that trust.

Article is already out of date as GB France Dental and Her will provide trips to Greenland.

Go into Ukraine, bring them into Europe. Use their experience to prepare for potential another aggression.

It wasn’t for the lack of warning from many people. Can we finally take care of our defense and industry or will we continue to pretend that of all the places in the world, it’s Europe who lacks the money to invest in its own survival? That BS lead us to where we are. Will we continue?

Over 5000 posts and 351k karma speaks for itself. Mods need to stop these fearmongering/doomsday fanatics.

Europe has to ban all social media from the US. Reddit included. I know it is hypocritical.

If you think Russian disinformation is bad, wait what the US could be doing. They have the monopoly of information in the West. One after another the states of Europe will fall into the hands of right wingers and they will try to destroy the EU from within.

Europe, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, as well as US strategic partners, must bolster their military and defense capabilities as fast as they can across the entire spectrum of conflict. The same applies to trade and economic issues. Trump’s America has no allies. It has no strategic partners.

The way this is going, soon our best friend will be Russia.

Premptive strike on usa greenland bases? To ease the tension.

Trumps tail is wagging the dog. This is his method to spin up debate while he sits back and watches and looks for ways to assert his will while other people create the opening.

Well Europe seems to be full of naive idiots, obviously everyone cares primarily for their own interests. Sometimes they align with others so alliances, deals and such are formed. But things change and in the end it’s everyone for themselves.

But there seems to be a ton of exaggeration online for political reasons likely. Looking at reddit front page gives such a hysterical impression about everything as if war is on and civil war as well..

Remember how easily we Europeans bent-over over the tariffs? Yeah, that was just Trump testing us. We lost then and there

Of course. This should have been clear for years since W Bush. The US is growing more and more unstable to the point that the occasional Dem administration won’t have enough time in 4 years to clean things up even if they had the willingness.