American here. I agree we are a bully. However, you have no basis for complaint unless/until you want to get off the american military tit. Based on a 2.5% GDP

American here. I agree we are a bully. However, you have no basis for complaint unless/until you want to get off the american military tit. Based on a 2.5% GDP differential in military expenditures, the EU would be paying out an extra $350B a year to protect itself. America should leave NATO, keep the EU cultural/trade relationship, and reduce our military budget by that amount, which would pay for our much needed "infrastructure" projects. Would have been $7T in the last two decades alone. According to the progressive theory, this would solve all of our social issues without increasing our deficit. And our world might be a better place to live in. Unfortunately, neither the Americans nor the Europeans would consider doing this. You can of course decide to have less military, and pay less. Ask the Ukrainians about that.