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    3 months ago

    Not even in office yet, and already making threats.

    I’d like to see Europe tell Vance to fuck off. I suspect that if Europe gives in now, the Trump administration will make this same threat every time Europe does something he doesn’t like.

    Trump will be an unreliable NATO ally anyway, so it isn’t much of a risk on Europe’s part.

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        3 months ago

        I’d be amazed if he does any of it tbh. Last time he just spent most of it playing golf, and sticking his goofy-ass signature on anything they stick in front of him.

        The last thing they want to do is actually deal with the boogeyman issues. If they did that they’ll have nothing to campaign on next time.

        Most of this will be spent lining their own pockets.

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          3 months ago

          This is such an optimistic take. I am very concerned they will spend the next 4 years making sure whatever election we have next is more similar to a Russian “election”.

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            Why wouldn’t they try? They’ve done everything they could so far and face no repercussions, why not go ahead and try to be king? A few people will fret and tut-tut but if nobody is going to do anything it doesn’t amount to much.

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      3 months ago

      And this was from September so not even elected yet.

      Tbh it kinda sounds like they just want to leave NATO regardless.

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        3 months ago

        I get the same feeling, too. They’re just looking for an excuse to ditch Europe - perhaps as a sacrifice to Putin.

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      3 months ago

      EU countries could start by carryng their weight in NATO.

      Ukraine war exposed EU as incoherent imbeciles unable to maintain a proper security posture, esp Germany and their Nazis nepo baby regime… Straight 🤡

      Vance behavior is out of line but you need to check that bravado that is not support by anything.

      Pay for your own defense and help Ukraine properly… This is your fucking war that was caused by German being a Putin’s bitch. Industrial economy relying on a geopolitical adversery for energy while 40k American protect it from Russia for free. Classic parasite behavior.

      Mutti merkal so good 🤡

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        3 months ago

        You offended a bunch of Germans here. Don’t forget the Americans are sitting in Germany mostly to bomb Syrian kids though, they’re not defending Europe from anything.

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          3 months ago

          You offended a bunch of Germans here.

          Maybe they will get in their dense authority bootlicking brains that their political leadership has fumble Germany’s geo politcal posture for benefit of oligarch’s who seed wealth came largely from slave labour during the third reich.

          These oligarchs sold German geopoltics our for cheap Russian gas, they obstruct proper policy vis-a-vis Russia because they want a “rapprochement” jfc…

          Nahh… instead they get butthurt… me country good 🤡

          Pathetic.

          In US at least critically thinking people US ourselves for what we are… A global empire with all the bullshit that it entails. Having to dance around German’s sensibilities online…

          Get a fucking clue…