And what the hell are they going to do about it? The US might be being led by a megalomaniac with dementia, but that megalomaniac still commands the most powerful military on the planet, and it isn’t even close.
I’m not trying to sound arrogant, but the reality is that if the US truly decided to put their military might into annexing Greenland or the Panama Canal, there’s not a whole hell of a lot that Denmark is going to be able to do about it, even with the backing of the rest of Europe.
What’s NATO going to do about it? Kick out the US? Russia would absolutely love that. Trump would just sit back and watch as Putin starts marching across Europe. Economic sanctions? The US is the cornerstone of the global economy, and any sanctions would either be ignored or end up doing more harm to Europe than the US. How many sanctions against Russia has the EU all but ignored because enforcing them would be too detrimental to their own economies? If they’re not willing to enforce them against Russia, they’re certainly not going to enforce them against the US.
this only showcases that Europe really needs to invest in a Pan-European (standing) Army so we aren’t so easy to bully into submission (and this would be a road to WW3).
This is correct. Europe as a whole got way, way too complacent after WWII by letting the US essentially oversee security for the whole continent instead of investing in their own. They simply naively believed that the US woud sincerely be looking out for their best interests forever and ever and ever amen, and never considered that the US would never be led by a corrupt megalomaniac with no understanding of the world around him. They are paying for that now.
And what the hell are they going to do about it? The US might be being led by a megalomaniac with dementia, but that megalomaniac still commands the most powerful military on the planet, and it isn’t even close.
I’m not trying to sound arrogant, but the reality is that if the US truly decided to put their military might into annexing Greenland or the Panama Canal, there’s not a whole hell of a lot that Denmark is going to be able to do about it, even with the backing of the rest of Europe.
What’s NATO going to do about it? Kick out the US? Russia would absolutely love that. Trump would just sit back and watch as Putin starts marching across Europe. Economic sanctions? The US is the cornerstone of the global economy, and any sanctions would either be ignored or end up doing more harm to Europe than the US. How many sanctions against Russia has the EU all but ignored because enforcing them would be too detrimental to their own economies? If they’re not willing to enforce them against Russia, they’re certainly not going to enforce them against the US.
this only showcases that Europe really needs to invest in a Pan-European (standing) Army so we aren’t so easy to bully into submission (and this would be a road to WW3).
This is correct. Europe as a whole got way, way too complacent after WWII by letting the US essentially oversee security for the whole continent instead of investing in their own. They simply naively believed that the US woud sincerely be looking out for their best interests forever and ever and ever amen, and never considered that the US would never be led by a corrupt megalomaniac with no understanding of the world around him. They are paying for that now.
yeah… we suck :/