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> I don't see how it can't work at least short term, when the US is by a long margin the world military and economic power. The 90s were ~30 years ago. Americ
by A_D_E_P_T 1y ago
> I don't see how it can't work at least short term, when the US is by a long margin the world military and economic power.
The 90s were ~30 years ago. American economic and military capacity ain't what they used to be, and alienating your allies and friends is starting to look like a poor strategy.
- neves 1y agoUSA spends more in their military than the rest of the world combined. Also the only country which used nuclear weapons of mass destruction. You must fear them.
- alfiedotwtf 1y ago[flagged]
- couscouspie 1y ago> Europe’s trade negotiators will outclass Trump’s B-Team Hardly matters. As long as von-der-Leyen remains head of commission the European Union stays devoted to the US no matter the consensus of commission, parliament, national governments or the people.
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago>Europe’s trade negotiators will outclass Trump’s B-Team Eu has no leverage over the US in such neoglaciations, especially with Russia next door. That's why Ursula folded like a deck chair to Trump otherwise Trump's tariffs would have tanked EU manufacturing sector.
- Tadpole9181 1y agoThe US spends more on everything, those numbers need to be cost adjusted for "cost of a rifle for America v cost of a rifle for China", but never are.
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago>The 90s were ~30 years ago. American economic and military capacity ain't what they used to be You're totally wrong about this when you look at the numbers. EU's economy was on par with the US about 20 years ago. Now it's only half the size of the US.