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This is why NATO has begun ramping up defense purchases recently.
Trump has been polling higher recently, and that scares the fuck out of Europe, because they know Trump will at best allow Putin to steamroll the region and, at worst, actively use US resources to help dictatorships expand their sphere of influence, culminating in WWIII.
They’re not willing to wait until that happens.
The strangest thing about this, to me, is that it's obvious that another Trump presidency would be disaster for a lot of governments in Europe, but what are they actually doing about it?
All I see are the massively successful disinformation campaigns coming out of Russia.
Probably occupied staving off the same disinformation and right wing lunatics set to sweep their elections this year...
Swede here, in the revolving door of maybe NATO membership. I'd prefer the EU to have our own military union that is affiliated with NATO but isn't devoted to American interests. Unfortunately it seems too late for such considerations with our right wing government signing treaties as fast as they can. Thanks, Putin.
Why is every country electing a right wing government? They are literally good for fucking nothing, what good have they done ever for anyone?
They are good for one thing, hating other people.
I disagree, I'm not right-wing and I'm much better at hating people. Just for better reasons.
And the masses love their daily hour of hate. Really gets the blood pumping.
Because they promise easy solutions to impossible problems, promise to push the pain and hardship onto someone else, promise to make life easier and simpler and to chase away all the things that make it difficult.
The fact they do the opposite doesn't matter
Bc the only outride the status quo options the wealth-controlled media will promote as viable is the far right.
what are they actually doing about it?
Europe can't do anything about it, that's interfering with another country's politics.
Yea the US has never done that, especially not to its “allies” so of course none of those “allies” are allowed to do it to the US.
European countries have actually been spending a lot more on military lately. Whether that has something to do with the threat of another Trump presidency or the threat from Russia, I don't know. Maybe both.
Trump presidency or the threat from Russia
What's the difference? (see also: AFD, National Rally, Tories)
Many European countries have massively increased military spending and are reviving disbanded military units. What more do you expect them to do?
If Trump was attacked, I'd definitely help!
and also said “Nato is dead”
Dude 100% doesn't know what nato is.
NATO is dead
- Nietzshit
It's amazing how many Americans think NATO will fall apart to pieces without the US.
He is def not working for China and Russia
Regarding the nearly $8 million he received from foreign nations while in office he said he was "doing services for them" and "I don't get $8 million for doing nothing."
He freely admitted as much.
What a pathetic loser, selling out the country for $8 million. America’s rich sneeze $8 million, Trump is a poor broke boy.
Nothing trump says ever means anything, except the most base, grossest gruntings about sex. Everything else - please ignore.
Unless he really does mean it and tries to play it off as a joke when the crowd turns on him
Nitpick; Trump never plays his statements off as a joke. His sycophants do, but never the man himself.
Remember everyone being shocked by, ‘I don’t kid’: Trump says he wasn’t joking about slowing coronavirus testing?
He says what he means, and he's quite literal. Major reason his detractors get confused. Yes, he said that. Yes, he meant it literally.
Sane people: "Politicians can't talk that way!"
Trump supporters: "He speaks truth!"
I kinda get the nut cases on this one. I've always wanted a politician that "tells it like it is", with cojones. I just don't like Trumps "truth".
Speaking of crowds turning on Trump, I gotta say, it was kind of amusing to witness how desperately he wanted credit for the COVID vaccines but had to stop talking about it because his plague rat base boo’d him for promoting vaccination at one of his own klan rallies.
The only thing stopping it from being downright hilarious was that, well, ya know… It was a deadly serious public health crisis being exasperated by god damn morons.
1 million dead Americans under his watch. Including my mother. I will never forgive, never forget. And now plenty more are dying for lack of being vaccinated, and killing the rest of us for lack of a fucking mask.
By the way it is now US law that pulling out of NATO requires Senate approval. Weird how they had to pass that.
A treaty is not valid because a paper was signed. Trump does not need to leave NATO in order to make NATO invalid. A statement like the one in the article is enough. Ultimately, NATO is about trusting that the other members will come help you. Once that trust is gone, NATO is just a piece of paper(well technically more but still).
Even having Trump on the ballot is risking civil war or at least collapsing of the union. I imagine a fight over him lying that he won again will be enough of a spark in the powder room.
And remember, the problem has NEVER been Trump. He's just a stupid, fat, orange moron. The US is fucked bc Trump supporters exist and are tolerated.
The GOP gives aid and comfort to the enemies of the constitution and the country. They're not a legitimate party, or even citizens.
Can we just call him “puppet-o-puttin” already?
I will mark in celebration the last day I ever hear of this despicable human. "Shut up, man."
Careful, Donny-boy. Daddy Putin isn't going to be happy if you give up the game with only a few months to go