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Considering the relations between the US and the Netherlands it is inconceivable that the Dutch government would allow US military personel to be detained that
by mytailorisrich 10mo ago
Considering the relations between the US and the Netherlands it is inconceivable that the Dutch government would allow US military personel to be detained that way on its soil, and if that did happen I think a call from the White House would "clear any misunderstandings"...
- amarcheschi 10mo agoGiven the current us government, I would not be surprised if it happened instead
- ben_w 10mo agoUntil last year, sure. Trump's been doing a lot of "inconceivable" things with the US's international relations.
- mytailorisrich 10mo agoNothing has changed. The Netherlands are staying on the straight and narrow even if they might blow hot air under the guise of "EU solidarity", and that gets them cushty NATO jobs, too ;)
- ben_w 10mo agoTrump's threatening the sovreignty of two NATO members while also being skeptical of the value of keeping the US itself in NATO and suggesting the US won't defend any NATO member that gets attacked.
- mytailorisrich 10mo agoMaybe so but that does not change a thing to the bilateral relation between US and Netherlands... which is as tight as can be, shall we say, we've seen it as recently as October with Nexperia.
- Nicook 10mo agoBluffing and theater are not reality and should not be confused for it.
- ben_w 10mo agoShouldn't, yes. Trump himself makes this difficult. He has already done things that a reasonable outsider would expect to be mere bluffs. And also TACO'ed backwards, turning things he's done into, effectively, theatrics.