Donald Trump Pulling US Troops From Europe in Blow to NATO Allies: Report
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If there are no buyers for treasuries it'll tank the dollar value and go a long way to remove it's status as a reserve currency. Trump insist on rocking the boat that has been working for the US.
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Dude Realpolitik is not about ignoring effects getting rid of all your allies has, making yourself a pariah. That's not dry analysis it is, as you correctly point out, stupidity.
If you had invoked geopolitical "realism" (as they call it) you would have a point: Because that stuff is inherently stupid. But it's also not Realpolitik.
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Asia has a Chinese Taiwan threat. It's a very different situation to Europe.
What do you want to happen or change in Asia? Removing troops from where and to what degree?
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I don't think supposedly remaining a billionaire necessarily correlates with intelligence.
With enough money or influence, you get money. No need to be clever or sound.
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Due to some bs agreement they are untouchable by German police, and only really end up in court of someone died.
Anna Sacoolas killed a kid with their car leaving a US airbase in the UK - she fucked off back to the US claiming diplomatic immunity so she couldn't face charges. So they don't even always end up in court.
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We're still falling into the pitfalls of not understanding the other side. Trump is running on nativist agenda. He doesn't necessarily care about maintaining allies for the United States. If he does, it's about alliance of convenience.
And since he's running on nativist agenda, he is doing so because he knows that many Americans are tired of globalisation and internationalism. The outsourcing made people lose jobs without alternatives being offered. Endless foreign interventions motivated by corporate greed under the guise of human rights protection. That's what the people want to be addressed and that's Trump's policies are based from. His platform did not come out of the vacuum and the people simply ate it up. He knows where the wind is heading and used it to sail to his advantage while the rest wants to remain on the previous course (i.e. the status quo). Who is the smart and dumb one? The smart one is certainly the one who's in charge now and steering the rudder. There is nothing wrong giving credit to where it's due; and people are afraid to acknowledge the truth.
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This is why we don't allow foreign bases in France. Also, alliances are frail and cannot be depended on
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Yep, it's the only instance where they might, but even then it's no guarantee. Closing the bases would be awesome for anyone but landlords in the areas who are charging extortionate rates to base personal rather than offering affordable housing to locals.
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Wow!
Now do russia!
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Yes. Yanks go home
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Get the fuck out of every foreign base. Period. Americans soldiers should stay in america.
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Beside, it's not that old so that people don't get cancer from agent orange anymore.
What a scummy country, the USA
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Ah yes I benefited a lot from having nazi gangsters roaming free funded by gladio money.
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If NATO and the US are no longer as much if a factor? He can project westward with less fear.
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It's depressing, but the US is the main supporter of the Ukraine war effort. Europe has been able to rely on a US-backed NATO for a long time, and boy oh boy is trump making it clear what a bad idea that was. If the US stops supporting Ukraine, even just materially (i.e. we keep supplying intelligence and similar), the war will turn depressingly quickly. Hopefully they've been able to inflict enough damage on the russian economy that they'll agree to a cease fire, but no european nations are equipped to fight the war of attrition Ukraine has turned into.
