schizoidman@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoTrump floats dropping Spain from NATO alliancewww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·20 days agoAll the American politicians that managed to persuade foreign states to voluntarily join an “alliance” where one “ally” is dominating everything, decisions, how much land for bases and so on, are all rolling in their graves now
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days agoTrump is a fiddle with two strings. One is extortion, and the other is the rug-pull.
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·19 days agoBack when Russia/Soviet Union still had actual power it was a much better deal for Europe.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoAlso back then European countries couldn’t really choose, the US called the shots
All the American politicians that managed to persuade foreign states to voluntarily join an “alliance” where one “ally” is dominating everything, decisions, how much land for bases and so on, are all rolling in their graves now
Trump is a fiddle with two strings. One is extortion, and the other is the rug-pull.
Back when Russia/Soviet Union still had actual power it was a much better deal for Europe.
Also back then European countries couldn’t really choose, the US called the shots