Donald Trump Pulling US Troops From Europe in Blow to NATO Allies: Report

[tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works]

The US doesn't have troops in Europe to benefit Europe though. They have troops in Europe to benefit the US.

Europe should be totally fine with them leaving. Get off their territory, give up all that power projection and hamstring yourself.

What a weird thing to threaten.

[saleh@feddit.org]

How did the EU benefit from the US military machine?

The only argument i can see would be deterrence, however it also seemed to have weakened the EUs resolve to build its on independent force. The US destabilizations in West Asia have brought us Daesh and millions of refugees, which were exploited by the far right to rise to power in many EU countries, now working to destroy the EU from within and often favorable to Putin.

[jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world]

Nazis do that, and they've hijacked America for the time being.

[nigelfrobisher@aussie.zone]

Y’ know, OUR country.

[meowgenau@programming.dev]

No he means Putin and Lukashenko, the real vicitms of the war in Ukraine. Everyone knows that Zelensky is no angel.

[tehdastehdas@lemmy.world]

When will the US-made fighter jets stop working?

[trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works]

Trump is as dumb as a bucket o shit. That's why he's threatening to shoot himself in the foot.

[idiomaddict@lemmy.world]

The US didn’t start the Vietnam War, maybe that’s why. They certainly exacerbated it and prevented it from being resolved, but it was just a civil war (kind of, Vietnam had just been divided into two countries, so I don’t know if it technically counts as a civil war still) at the beginning.

[valeria@feddit.kyiv.ua]

It’s time for Europe to defend itself.

[melchior@feddit.org]

There is a reason Russia does not want Ukraine to join the EU. Even the pretty bad state of the EU militaries ends up with a fighting force which is larger then Russias and has some pretty good tech. The issue is mostly organizing it all.

[etterra@discuss.online]

They're planning on adding a paywall to their startup.

[etterra@discuss.online]

He'd cut off his own hand if you could convince him that it voted for Biden.

[jumi@lemmy.world]

Don't threaten us with a good time

[trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works]

It has been high time to get rid of all and any US reliance when that orange fascist Muppet got elected the the first time.

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

Adding /s might have saved your comment from the downvotes.

[prandom_returns@lemm.ee]

Nice suggestion. Let's abandon our strongest ally who are in an identity chrisis for literal terrorists. Thanks, Lemmy.

[meowgenau@programming.dev]

Haha yeah I realized it.

[gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org]

Well i argue that it's more complicated than that ... Europe really did profit tremendously from the relationship after WW2, but now ... not so much anymore, i guess. If one looks at recent developments.

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

There's a lot od countries in Europe. Also unclear if you mean Australia

[nocturnalmorning@lemmy.world]

Well, it's an article about trump pulling troops out of Europe, so pretty safe to conclude im from the U.S.