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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 88 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland

There, saved you a click.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

3/4 Fascist. What a coincidence.

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[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 47 points 4 days ago

Oh no, Trump, please. Please don't convince Hungary to leave. Anyone but Hungary! They're the economic and democratic backbone of the EU.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 176 points 5 days ago (18 children)

What a coincidence that the MAGA USA's policy towards Europe is almost indistinguishable from Russia's!

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 92 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Europe needs to rally together to survive this. Russia is beatable, but you need to activate.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I wonder what Europe meddling in American elections is going to look like

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It sure as hell can’t hurt

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 25 points 5 days ago

Ahh my free healthcare and public transit. Don't hurt me.

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[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 83 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Hey UK, how is brexit going?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It has taught a lot of Brits how good being in the EU was (by taking away the benefits). All the "advantages" have also evaporated like pixy dust.

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 5 days ago (12 children)

Hungary leaving EU? Oh pleeeaaassse i can only get so wet!!

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[–] detren@sh.itjust.works 51 points 5 days ago

I don’t think Poland would ever actually leave the EU. Every poll says that poles love being in it even if the far right complains a ton. As someone who lived in Poland between 2005 and 2020 the improvements from being in the EU are so noticeable it would be suicide for the country to actually leave.

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 45 points 5 days ago (1 children)

IMO: the Americans are adversaries now.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You know what would be to make europe great again? It would be getting rid of the united snakes and it's proxy in the middle east

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 47 points 5 days ago

this has putins stink all over it, if its not obvious already.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 5 days ago

Yep, because it worked out so well for the UK

[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 64 points 5 days ago (30 children)

According to a leaked version of the Trump administration’s US national security strategy, the White House is planning to call on Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland to quit the EU.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 60 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I wonder where Poland would be without the EU...

[–] cnstvr@leminal.space 23 points 5 days ago

No where near current development state, and people know that - huge percentage of people are pro EU.

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[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

And we're simping for FUCKING Russian interests‽

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 46 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Step 1 to Making Europe Great Again: Ignore every idea that comes directly from a Make America Great Again mouth piece.

Step 2: Educate the member states' populations so they stop voting in fascists.

Step 3: Congratulations, you're done!

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 38 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Who needs enemies when you have friends like this?

also suggest the US is attempting to create a new elite of five “Core” countries, known as the C5, to replace the G7.

These countries would be the US, China, India, Japan and Russia.

The #1, 2, 4, 5, and 9 economies.

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[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Who needs enemies with allies like these?

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So "Make X great again" just means bringing enshittification to the state level yeah?

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[–] aarRJaay@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Isn't Trump's whole thing about stopping foreigners from interfering with your country and cultural erosion? Why's he enforcing HIS ideals on others?

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (17 children)

That would be great!

Let's start with ~~kicking out~~ saddly (*sniff *, *sniff*) having to see the departure of Hungary.

I mean, just look at Brexit: one side got seriously fucked up (instant fall of 20% of their currency and slowly dropping further behind economically ever since - the dream of a Economic Powerhouse Britain are gone and burried now: just ask even the most rabid Brexiter to list their Brexit Dividends) whilst the other basically just went over a small speed bump. I'll leave it as an exercise for the readers which side got which consequences.

PS: That said, having seen the consequences of Brexit is exactly why no EU nation is likely to ever take Donald on this - after that shit show the far-right in Europe went really silent really fast on the whole "we must leave the EU" they were so loudly demanding just a few months before.

PPS: Also as a person from a small EU country, lets just say we're very much aware of just how the big boys would fuck us up if we left the safety of the pack - unlike in Delusions Of Grandeur Britain the public opinion in little nations doesn't want a return to the way things were in 70s when they were the "punching bag of the big boys". Meanwhile the larger EU countries - which are all merelly mid-sized in World terms - after having seen what happened to Britain post-Brexit know with absolute certainty they have far greater influence being in the EU than they would outside, which is why even Italy with a well entrenched far-right government hasn't distanced itself an inch away from the EU. Only some totally out of control shit-show of a nation in the thrall of the nuttiest of nutter far-right would even just consider this and, frankly, them leaving the EU would be great for the rest (not least because, as it happenned with Brexit, it would at least temporarilly dampen the far-right in all the other countries)

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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 22 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Poland, Hungary. Could he really imagine that they would ever serve HIM? (and not his boss in the east)

Austria LOL. Delusional. They dream of the swiss way.

Italy. They may be right wing, but never that stupid.

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