I’m talking about the situation in NATO up until now.

The fact that the US is refusing to support the rest of NATO definitely changes things. Europe likely does not have the capacity right now to assist in the Asia-Pacific. If we are talking strictly NATO ex US vs Russia, it is still uncomfortably close. Europe needs to increase defense spending.

The Trump regime currently has their sights on Canada and Greenland, so any defense against Trumpist imperialism will happen there as part of NATO, not the EU.

Trump State Department type discourse lol

Not sure if that’s true. China+Russia military spending is about on par with NATO when adjusted for PPP. If Europe and the US want to both be able to defend their respective backyards against imperialism, they need to expand their militaries.

From a geopolitics perspective, there are many ways to address “freeriding” in a defense alliance that don’t involve literally betraying the entire defense alliance.

Do these work with European bands? Is it worth shipping to Europe?

Mullvad is Swedish

The real gulf of America is the gulf that Trump has ripped open between the US and its allies

Yes, in Europe.

They are very popular for carshare companies. I have rented a NV200 from a carshare for picking up a TV before and it was a nice experience and very inexpensive.

Unfortunate. Their EVs are a great value.

NATOWO

Do they have 996 in Taiwan? I thought that was just the PRC?

Ok, but domestic shame has nothing to do with geopolitics. Other actors can act on that shame to influence american politics, I guess.

However, if European leaders start taking up the viewpoint that all Americans are racists and imperialists, then relations will only further deteriorate. Americans could be subject to sanctions and banned from Europe. American refugees will be turned away. Americans will be subject to hate crimes. Trump-aligned fascists will play up Americans’ fears and use the international hatred of Americans to drum up support.

A state’s foreign policy is not, and has never been, equivalent to the culture of it’s people.

I say this as an American immigrant in Europe.

Take foreign policy issues up with the leaders who proposed them. Leave innocent citizens out of this, and support those who resist Trump.

Ethnic and cultural insults only furthers the divide between European and American culture.

You described the challenges Europe faces, but that is not necessarily the outcome. On the contrary, the EU has centralized power in the past in the face of crisis.

The article literally says they’re banding together

rt.com is not a valid source in this sub.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/rt-news/

It will be hard to negotiate without Europe in the room, when Ukraine knows that they can count on increasing support from Europe no matter how the negotiations go. The confusion around how much support Europe will give makes it impossible for the negotiations to reach any reasonable conclusion.

One big reason why Ukraine can make terroritorial demands as part of its peace plan is because Europe has a huge interest in making sure Russia doesn’t keep any terroritory through conquest. It sets a precident for Europe that Europe is willing to go to war over to disprove.

Zelensky’s Peace Plan was actually really well thought out and affordable, Europeans and Americans were just too scared of “escalation” to give Ukraine the weapons they were requesting, and allow them into NATO.

The west has betrayed Ukraine.

Russia is not that strong