Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says
Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says
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Somewhere I think this is all a big scheme to actually push the EU to spend more on defense instead of trying to fuck over Ukraine
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If it was Biden i would say it's both, but with how the new administration seemingly don't give a shit about pretending Europe matters anymore it's probably just cutting costs.
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Well, Brian Barletti is saying exactly that: taking USA out of NATO would free hands to Europe to intervene in Ukr while Trump can focus on China.
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There is nothing meaningful that Europe can do to stop Russia in Ukraine short of starting a nuclear war. They have nothing more to give other than money and more money (which itself comes at the price of inflation and cuts to social spending, both of which are extremely bad for the political stability of Europe and risk the ruling parties losing further ground to the "populist" right) and nobody in Europe wants to send their children to die for Ukraine.
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That's what I think as well, and I expect Trump will use this as an excuse to pull troops out of the EU. I really do think the US is now seeing NATO as being more of a liability. Without NATO, the EU will still be entirely dependent on the US for the military industry, but there won't be any obligations on the part of the US. What that's going to result in is a panic in the EU and them dumping huge amounts of money into defense contracts buys weapons from the US.
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God knows anymore. Sometimes I think the handlers are getting free reign under Trump but other times it could easily just be Trump being a pissbaby that's driving his policy manoeuvres.
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Probably some of both. Gangster state style stuff, where it's not all explicitly laid out and done as procedure, but it's still trending toward certain kinds of goals (such as the personal enrichment of those involved, and the attempted maintenance and expansion of the empire).
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I remember all the libs kept saying that stopping aid wouldn't help in the Ukraine conflict, and the Israel conflict.
Obviously they were lying but it is important to point it out
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Trump is both destroying every single thing in existence and also completely incapable of ever doing anything of substance and affecting things ever.
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simultaneously weak, and strong
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Well, that's one less thing
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