Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why Europe and America are Falling Out (it’s not just Trump)" video.
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The military and the economy are fine, the real problem, at least in the EU is that there are 27 different militaries and forign policies.
The irony is, Trump could be the key to solving that issue in Europe, at the moment, European countries are quite comfortable with how things are, but if the US pushes it's luck, European countries in the EU will likely take more drastic measure, basically, integration of their militaries, which I highly doubt the US wants that as it would make NATO irrelevant, it would also weaken the US voice in Europe and around the world, it would also mean the EU having a stronger arms industry that will likely take business away from the US arms industry.
Basically, what the US wants is for EU countries to boost spending, but to do it at an individual country level, divided and weaker, but what the US doesn't want is for the EU countries to come together, which is likely what would happen.
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@mrantipatia1872 Not really, the EU doesn't need the US, but the US is hell-bent on pushing countries around to do its bidding, Europeans don't have the same concerns on China that the US does, but it does have its own reasons to not like China, but in the case of the US, it's concerns with China all boils down to power, they see China as a threat to its power base whereas the EU see China pushing its weight around too aggressively and other human rights abuses, so the EU should look after its own interest, many of which won't be to US interest, after all, that's what the US always does.
I do know one thing, if the US isn't careful, it could lose the EU and a lot of European countries support at a time when the US needs international support to keep China in check, so keep pushing that aggressive tone and Europeans will turn away from the US, that will weaken the US voice in Europe, it will weaken it's resolve on China, the EU countries will do what in their interest, regardless if it's in US interest or not.
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To be blunt, the EU countries are not at risk of invasion, regardless of what the US does, we are talking highly advanced economise here with a big economy, highly skilled workforce and more than capable military.
The EU countries don't need the US to defend it, all the EU countries need to do is combine their militaries together, but even in its current state, does anyone honestly think the likes of Russia would attack an EU country? lol, Ukraine is one of the poorest countries in Europe, they are an easy target for Russia, and all the EU and US are giving with Ukraine is crumbs when it comes to assistant, which is enough to keep Russia in check in Ukraine.
The simple truth is, the US wants Europeans to spend more because they want to use them around the world as a divided military force, I highly doubt the US will want the EU countries to combine their militaries together as that would do a few things, for one, it would more or less kick the US out of the EU countries, it would weaken US voice in Europe, it would also build a much stronger military arms in Europe, which would compete directly with US arms on the world stage, in other words, the EU's arms industry would likely eat into the US arms industry, especially among countries around the world which don't like the US, which there are a lot of them.
Personally, I think EU countries should spend around 2% on the military, but not go crazy like the US is doing on military spending, the EU after all doesn't want to dominate the world so doesn't need to spend as much, 2% as a combined EU budget is more than enough to defend EU countries, if they pull their resources together, reduce duplications over the 27 countries and so on, with that, kick US bases outside the EU, keep NATO around as a western pack and move on from there.
The simple truth is, the US is becoming more erratic as a country and becoming harder to trust any more, and it's not just European countries that think this, a lot of countries are thinking along those lines around the world, even so-called friendly countries to the US are having second thoughts when Trump was in power, Trump getting into power again would do the US a lot of reputational damage that I don't think they will recover from, the first time it was easy to let it slip, it was a one-off, but a second time will suggest there are some serious problems in the US which makes the US far less reliable.
But seriously guys, EU countries are not third world countries, they are highly advanced, well-developed and are more than capable of defending themselves, I find it remarkable how some seem to think we need the US to defend us when Ukraine has been giving Russia hell, which Ukraine is a very poor country by European standards and the help they've been getting by the EU and US is mostly crumb, an attack on an EU country would likely bring much stronger measures, hence why Russia won't attack an EU country, just doing the common sense stats on the economy, skill force, military capabilities and so on is an easy indicator of that, not to mention that the EU has its own defence clause like NATO does, an attack on one is an attack on all, so an attack on an EU country would likely lead to a much bigger war, probably world war 3 which would drag the US in regardless.
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