Trump’s proposed ‘land grabs’ mean US now seen as a risk, says Munich security report
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In some senses this is exactly what Trump wants. He would refuse to be reapectful and get respect diplomatically so instead its a "respect me or else" stance, both in an economically and militarily threatening sense.
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America was insulated from WW2 due to those whole "oceans" thing going on, but European countries take the threat of rightwing land grabbers a lot more seriously.
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This may actually have pretty big consequences for the US, especially if it doesn't cool-down quickly. How long before some EU nation start to build some military ties with Russia and China ? Sure it'll take decades to build an alliance, but a couple of liason officer and a joint exercise, most likely using counter-terrorism or anti-piracy as a pretext, may happen sooner than Trump think.
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Guaranteed Putin has put a bug in his ear that only great leaders expand their territories and get enshrined in history.
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You forgot Gaza in the summary, for a round number of 4. Will he name a fifth? I’m trying to guess who it would be, maybe Antarctica?
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A little Manifest Destiny don’t hurt nobody. Except for that one time. Well, maybe a couple times. Every time.
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We need to provide an inviting environment for research and study, become the learning center of the world, super-partes.
We don't have alternatives as we don't have the resources or population of the other powers.
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I think that the problem is bigger than Trump. We can't really trust an ally whose position can change radically from one administration to another, essentially every 4 years.
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I’d think you are more likely to see the US ally with Russia than to see Europe do so. Given trumps fondness for Putin and all.
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Like it was not a risk before. People just didn't want to see the obvious.
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Imagine working alongside the native army and then one day being told that those who are essentially your coworkers are now the enemy.
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After decades long alliance-building, the US don't seem to value them anymore.
That's because everyone who was on the same page about this was slowly supplanted by Tea Partiers with no understanding of how power systems work. Their only reference is the propaganda that wasn't meant for the elites, but the previous generation of elites didn't tell anyone else because name one elite who shares with competition.
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Probably one of the many things that will be his downfall if he stays this course. Telling the military to fight people who have been very close allies for so long will not go over well.
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Imo, Europe is better off forging its own path, only collaborating with countries such as China when it is in our strategic interest to do so.
Europe, without the U.S. needs to increase it's military spending. (Same with Canada, who, I hate to say it, really needs to get some nukes onto it's territory on loan from somehwere)
Ironically, NATO increasing it's military spending is something that the U.S. has been bitching about for years. So now they'd finally get their wish, but in some weird monkey's paw Faustian way.
