Now Europe Knows What Trump’s Team Calls It Behind Its Back: ‘Pathetic’
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
Was it even an issue that needed to be resolved by force? Did we European asked them to do that for us? Should they say thank you for being so over reaching?
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
Coming from Trump and his ilk, that's a compliment. Fuck you, too, orange buddy.
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
Just "pathetic"??
I'm sure I've been called worse.
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
That opinion carries the same weight as a gas station crackhead calling me a dick for not lending him a hundred.
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
Article is 5 days old fyi
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Was it even an issue that needed to be resolved by force? Did we European asked them to do that for us? Should they say thank you for being so over reaching?
The EU has had ships in the Red Sea for this reason for a year already, they're just keeping to shooting down missiles and drones instead of flinging missiles into Yemen
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
Being called pathetic by a bunch of thinskinned crybabies isn't an insult...
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Article is 5 days old fyi
Article...5 days old.... Article 5. Wait, I know this one:
Which is the only country that has ever invoked NATO's article 5?
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Article...5 days old.... Article 5. Wait, I know this one:
Which is the only country that has ever invoked NATO's article 5?
Bahrain?
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Being called pathetic by a bunch of thinskinned crybabies isn't an insult...
Sure.
But militarily, Europe is quite pathetic for a rich 700 million population region.
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
I thought they were just selling a story. But he actually believes it. So he's actually a fucking moron.
Amazing
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
A couple of toddlers won the not-so-popular vote and now their egostistical egos are showing. nothing but baby talk and they need to be put in their place by their european grandmas.
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Sure.
But militarily, Europe is quite pathetic for a rich 700 million population region.
Between France and the UK, the EU has more nuclear Warhead than China, but you know, after a few dozens who's really counting.
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Many european 'leaders' seem pretty fond of them, actually. Orban, Meloni, Merz ... even Finland's Stubb recently visited Trump to play a nice round of golf.
Putin is extremely fond of him
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- “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
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Many european 'leaders' seem pretty fond of them, actually. Orban, Meloni, Merz ... even Finland's Stubb recently visited Trump to play a nice round of golf.
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Sure.
But militarily, Europe is quite pathetic for a rich 700 million population region.
Pathetic in what way?
We have the best tanks, the best artillery, the best attack subs, several really good military aircraft programs and more.
The one thing we are lacking is quantity, and even then I wouldn't call us pathetic in that area.
Our military has for the last few decades been based against a resonable enemy, one who will calculate gains vs losses in a resonable manner and who then realize that working together is better than fighting.
This world has now gone, with the war in Ukraine, it is clear that Russian leaders no longer can be expected to act with reason, and Europe is picking up the pace.
Some may argue that it is too little too late, but you know, you can't change the past, if we could act with hindsight of future events then we would be unstoppable.
As a Swede, I am angry with my government for selling off defense resources for decades and dismantling our military, but we are working on sorting ourselves out.
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The EU has had ships in the Red Sea for this reason for a year already, they're just keeping to shooting down missiles and drones instead of flinging missiles into Yemen
Yeah, because other than the US we don't make a sport out of bombing Yemen
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So we pretty much had the situation under control?
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Pathetic in what way?
We have the best tanks, the best artillery, the best attack subs, several really good military aircraft programs and more.
The one thing we are lacking is quantity, and even then I wouldn't call us pathetic in that area.
Our military has for the last few decades been based against a resonable enemy, one who will calculate gains vs losses in a resonable manner and who then realize that working together is better than fighting.
This world has now gone, with the war in Ukraine, it is clear that Russian leaders no longer can be expected to act with reason, and Europe is picking up the pace.
Some may argue that it is too little too late, but you know, you can't change the past, if we could act with hindsight of future events then we would be unstoppable.
As a Swede, I am angry with my government for selling off defense resources for decades and dismantling our military, but we are working on sorting ourselves out.
It's not enough to imagine the European militaries as 300 Spartans.
