With something like this, we know we are on the right track.
LOL, “how dare you MEGA!”
“slams”?
I mean yeah it is ‘self-interest’, that’s not a gotcha. This is what the US wanted, Europe taking more control over their defence. Maybe if they hadn’t been so aggressive and stupid in their approach, countries would have continued buying US weapons.
Absolutly a self own by Trump
This is what the US wanted, Europe taking more control over their defence.
Buying more US weapons, not developing their own… Read the fine prints for hell’s sake 😜
“Spend more on defense!”
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“Wait, not like that!”
Exactly. Spend more mantra was so transparent from the get go.
The Pentagon has fiercely opposed the move, despite the US administration heaping pressure on NATO’s European allies to become more independent in their self-defence.>
Left hand - right hand, meet.
Well, surely he is an expert on the topic of self-interest.
They fucked around and now they’re finding out. I mean what did Americans think electing the „America first!!1“ guy as president would look to the rest of the world anyway?
I guess many of them weren‘t really aware there was a whole world out there but still. Deep down they know other countries do exist and can see what‘s happening in the USofA.
Countries and Unions acting in self interest is pretty much the default anyway but the current US administration built their entire propaganda machine on that premise. The world watched and drew their conclusions. Especially after the orange turd got the middle east all clogged up.
Other countries were also supposed to put America first. No fair!!!
First Usa has sailed further and further away from it’s allies and from the whole “western” world.
Now they look at us and recognize that we are far away?
Ah, yes, the duality of USA’s foreign policy w.r.t to the EU: We want you to pay (us) more and take on more responsibility for your own defense, but only in such a way that we still get to keep all our soft and hard power over you.
This may have become more obvious under Trump, but this is nothing new to anyone paying attention since the late 90s / early 00s.
