Gee who could have seen that threatening your allies for over a year and then asking for help in a illegal, ill planned to distract from the Epstein files would have your allies declining your invitation for help.

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    “Remember a few years ago when Europe was suddenly cut off from Russian oil, and so America rushed in and saved us by pushing Russia out of Ukraine and forcing Russia to surrender, and so in that way, Europe didn’t have to modernize and reduce its dependence on oil? Remember that? … Yeah, me neither.”

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    What? You don’t want to put hundreds of German soldiers and billions of dollars in equipment at risk to prop up an industry that doesn’t affect you nearly as much as it affects us???

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    Good for them but I also wonder if this is exactly what Trump and his minions want.

    Like now he can go back and claim he is going to tarriff every country who doesnt help some insane amount until they send forces.

    I mean this would require thinking ahead and I do not want to attribute any actual forethought to these people but it seems an obvious play to me.

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      He just recently made a trade agreement with the EU, if he chooses to annull that they might employ the bazooka

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      The last round of tariffs were declared unconstitutional for the most part, so probably not where a planning mind would go.

      Maybe he’s more thinking that the Europeans and East Asians need to oil just as much, so they should do something to keep it flowing?

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      He’ll use this as an excuse to push again to leave NATO. I say, fine – we’re already organizing new alliances so go pound sand, USA.