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Our leaders are spineless... The US says jump and we jump it's pathetic. I really wish the people of Europe organized more and put up stronger resistance because our leaders will not do shit.
That would certainly help both sides of the Atlantic. We need to hurt for anything to change on our side.
It’s not just ideological or lack of authority, EU economy is deeply intertwined with US’s one: if your main ally turns his back on you, you’re in deep shit no matter what you do. I agree that harder times could be beneficial (other comment to yours), but try to survive Trumps legislation could also work. In my view, it’s the decades before this that prepared the field for trouble: both with Russia and USA, Europe has made itself too dependent on foreign countries (for energy and defense, core matters with regards to be strong on an international field)
"deeply intertwined" is a nice way of saying "owned by"
I think this is excessive, the concept of ownership is on another level. But I get what you mean.
The usa effectively controls our subcontinents economy via energy. We are all but outright forbidden to buy from other nations such as russia, see e.g. nordstream 2. They who can destroy a thing own that thing.