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[–] NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Both Americans and Europeans should agree on the fact that europe don't need American help to defend itself. American presidents have urged us for decades to spend more on defense, albeit by purchasing american made arms. Trump and his stupidly blunt policies have basically forced our hands, but at the cost of soft american power. We are currently arming Europe, but not with American arms. Long term, the effects of his presidency will drastically strengthen Europe, but not for the benefit of America.

[–] fisch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I agree. Most countries are trying to reduce their dependency on the USA right now. And why wouldn't they, when the whole world can watch how Trump uses this dependency as a weapon against them.

I'm not sure if he doesn't understand trust and soft power or doesn't care. Maybe he realized that he is able to utilize it to temporarily get what he wants, which makes him look like a tough negotiator, and that someone else will have to deal with the long-term consequences of the broken trust.