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[โ€“] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 85 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe tell Trump to stop being so openly hostile towards his own allies, then. This isn't a game. If NATO countries can't trust the US to have their backs, then why would anyone include them in their strategic planning? The US is simply not a reliable partner anymore. Not in trade or defense.

[โ€“] deHaga@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

Insert: why would they do this meme

[โ€“] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What a crazy time to be alive. The "slap a tarrif on everything" administration bitching about fair play. Why would EU consider the US over the EU for purchases? Even if we got rid of all the current idiocy, seems like it would be a matter of national security to have local production of matรฉriel.

[โ€“] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

seems like it would be a matter of national security to have local production of matรฉriel.

You mean one of the cited reasons for slapping a tariff on everything? You mean other places can prioritize the same thing on their own? No. Can't be. He's got the bigliest brain to come up with these ideas.

[โ€“] Insekticus@aussie.zone 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well sounds like the current American regime shouldn't have been cunts to the rest of the world, if you didnt want to get excluded.

It's giving "kid doesnt want to share toy, so they take it home and cry when nobody wants to play with them anymore" vibes. Pathetic.

[โ€“] yakko@feddit.uk 13 points 4 months ago

Just late stage empire behaviour, really.

[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"After demonstrating Washington controlled disable switch, US manufacturers surprised at weapon sales drop"

[โ€“] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The โ€œkill switchโ€ is the logistics pipeline.

Look at Iran and their purchase and use of F-14s that we sold them before friendship ended. We (arguably) prematurely halted development and use of that airframe, and destroyed the aircraft when they were decommissioned instead of mothballing them, so that they would not be able to be used at spare parts. Thatโ€™s the example case to compare against here. Granted, the situation and specifics are different, but there are still enough similarities to be a valid comparison point .

[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 4 months ago

Right, but it's not just about end of life lines. Washington said to Europe that if they use their bought and paid for weapons in certain ways the US would block maintenance supplies. For things like the F35, this grounds them immediately as they need service after every flight.

The US would never allow a foreign government to veto it's use of weapons. Why should Europe?

[โ€“] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There is no finer compliment than an American insult. A shithole country.

[โ€“] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

Maybe Europe paid attention to US threats to annex Canada.

No where does it say NATO spending has to be only in the US.

[โ€“] promitheas@programming.dev 23 points 4 months ago

Next step: dismantle US bases in EU and send the terrorists back whence they came from

[โ€“] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Weren't you people whining about how everyone else in NATO wasn't pulling their weight and you were tired of carrying us?

[โ€“] 0x0@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago

Yeah but they meant stop asking us to do your dirty work and instead buy out stuff and do it yourselves.
It's the no-buy part he's pissed off about.

[โ€“] Griffus@lemmy.zip 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Isolationism FTW!"

"Wait, why are we being isolated??"

[โ€“] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What do you use to post? Like, what client?

[โ€“] Griffus@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Voyager, why? Is the formatting all messed up??

[โ€“] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nope, it looks good here on Jerboa

[โ€“] Griffus@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Good to hear, got a little worried there for a second

[โ€“] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, I'm just curious because it doesn't auto-like your own comments.

[โ€“] Griffus@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago

Oh, no it sadly does. I just actively unlike whenever I post.

[โ€“] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Didn't we (the US) literally stop sharing intelligence with Germany? Like what do you expect?

[โ€“] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

German bases to close up, the US to leave all material on site as they abandon the country. What's the ETA on air evac?

top us official can eat poo

[โ€“] RockBottom@feddit.org 12 points 4 months ago

Shouldnโ€˜t he say war build up?

[โ€“] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

The USA is losing, forget about them.

[โ€“] notsure@fedia.io 8 points 4 months ago

...from the US, fuck this guy....as a human, we need to do better...

[โ€“] 0x0@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

Landau is a moron of a murican.... anyway.

[โ€“] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I can't afford to have a personal employee to do stuff for me, why could I afford a tech prompt to do tech things for me? Why would I want to?

European bureucrats like von der Leyen are spineless American lapdogs. They will apologise and kiss Trump's feet. They always have.