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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The USA is becoming an enemy of NATO and would sooner attack its traditional allies than defend them. And it's looking like the rest of NATO may just chicken out if the USA attacks a NATO member state. We really need a new defensive pact between Europe and other countries in the Americas, particularly Mexico and Canada, independent of the USA. But the USA is aggressive and militarily stronger, so it's a bad situation.

[–] Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It was a pact made with the devil from the start. This is what happens when the USA gets constantly sucked up to because they are the "powerhouse" of the world. The problems where already obvious due to the flawed way everything is centralized towards this country.

As the point stands, the leaders of other countries are to scared to stand their ground against fascist trump. Of course this may change, but the thing is; signs of inadequacy where there from early on, it's just that only a select few really seemed to care about it.