cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/316292
Donald Trump is following a plan much more detailed and comprehensive than it would appear from simple slogans such as “MAGA.” Faced with resource depletion and ecosystemic collapse, the world’s economic machine is sinking fast. Governments are now acting as passengers of the Titanic, scrambling to save themselves the best they can, even if that means pushing someone else underwater. So the USA is retreating inside its immediate sphere of influence and Europe finds itself in a bad position without the resources to rearm and defend itself. The USA will try to expand northwards into Greenland and perhaps Canada in order to take their natural resources. But if Trump were to say this to the American people, they would think him feeble-minded as they did with Carter. Instead he uses propaganda to blame the situation on whichever “enemies” come to hand, and the people cheer him on.
What’s this nonsense about governments pushing other governments over the edge as to not to succumb to Trump’s destruction?.. And Europe note being able to “rearm” or defend it’s self?
None of that’s true, this is just substack drivel written by some guy I’d expected better from the politics aub, but I guess I’m wrong.
“Trust me, I have a blog!”… err… no.
Look at all the equipment Europe has sent to Ukraine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War
I detailed this elsewhere but Denmark in particular has played a pivotal role in helping get the production of 155 self propelled artillery going in Ukraine by purchasing the first 18 for Ukraine.
Notably, the US didn’t give a shit about arming the Ukranians with sufficient mobile 155mm artillery to stop Russia’s invasion at a strategic level… which is another way of saying that the U.S. even under Biden didn’t seem to give a shit about truly helping Ukraine repel Russia rather than just turn the conflict into an extended quagmire.
That is exactly what giving weapons to a country without supplying them with sufficient 155mm artillery does, precisely, so I don’t know what other conclusion to reach here.
The US had the leverage and power to stop this nonsense with Ukraine a long time ago. We still could stop it if we wanted to.
Why don’t we want to. That is a better question.
The European governments that lean fascist spring to mind: they’re ready to do what it takes to get in the good graces of the USA and/or Russia, even if it undermines the rest of Europe. For example: Meloni’s Trump visit risks breaking EU unity - Paris
The EU and China are both raising tarriffs on the US goods in return.
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