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Remember the anti-French sentiments post 9/11 when France didn't join the coalition? "freedom fries" instead of "french fries"? No? Well you won't remember this
by YZF 1y ago
Remember the anti-French sentiments post 9/11 when France didn't join the coalition? "freedom fries" instead of "french fries"? No? Well you won't remember this either in 10 years.
Countries have interests. That has always been the case. Europe's interest in this case is to align with the US.
But sure, Europe needs to figure some stuff out.
- int_19h 1y agoI for one remember that very well, and I wasn't even American at the time. Europe's interest is to be allied with the US. But if US isn't interested in that - and long term this now has to be assumed as a definitive possibility - Europe should be prepared to act accordingly.
- YZF 1y agoOut of the first 12 leaders to visit/meet Trump in this presidency half were European (and then we had Canada and Israel in the other half). The EU is the largest trading partner of the US (Just Germany is #5 on its own). The US is still very much part of the west. Anything is a possibility. I get it that there's some drama and people are upset. The US has challenges and Europe also has challenges.