Comments by "Stephen Jenkins" (@stephenjenkins7971) on "What Does Le Pen Actually Plan To Do? - TLDR News" video.

@tonyhawk94 Not being a belligerent in this conflict effectively benefits the aggressor. Not everyone is safe behind a wall of multiple democracies like France is.
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@boarfaceswinejaw4516 See, this is why Americans roll their eyes at Euros who tell us what is going in our own country. Almost no Americans worry about getting bankrupted from lack of healthcare. The issue is more that it's inefficient. US pays more on social spending like healthcare than 99% of Europe does, with weaker results.
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@bobettethedestroyerthebuil1034 And you made this assessment how? I am below the poverty line and still go to the doctor and dentist regularly. So do everyone else I know. Besides, that's a different goalpost; I responded to the other guy saying that people in the US are afraid to go bankrupt from going to the doctor at all. Not from regular and constant check ups. Hell, I don't even think we know how often citizens in countries with public healthcare go to the dentist/doctor. You're just making baseless assumptions here, as far as I can tell.
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@Juju-id6dw You're not militarily controlled by the US, wut? US tanks aren't forcing European powers to do this or that; NATO can't force anything either. EU has more power to force member states to do things than NATO does. If you want a united Europe, then go for it, all power to you, but many European nations are wary of it since many nations inside Europe seem to have ambitions to use the EU for their own power. So French talking about it sounds like "under French command". Just something to note of.
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@Juju-id6dw It's possible, but you can't just wish it, you need to actually form a security apparatus while conceding to the security concerns of members in the EU. It can't just be "France + Germany rules Europe" thing...which people already consider the EU to be. I understand your point, and it would be a good thing, I think; but my point prior was that you need to actually get there by fixing the mentality first. Get trust, and all that. Because this recent crisis kinda points out the issue; both France and Germany were seen as splitting from the US when it was warning about the Russian invasion with Macron publicly declaring that Putin personally guaranteed that there was not going to be a Russian invasion. Downplaying the issue, until it literally happened. From an American POV, pro-EU federalists need to actually be seen fiercely acknowledging the concerns of EU member states from external forces. I understand that Macron was essentially trying to play the moderate, maybe even trying to use Russia to balance out US influence, but it backfired horribly and now Eastern Europe looks to Washington even more than before in contrast to Paris or Berlin. Play smarter, not harder, basically. Even if it isn't easy, since naturally the French will want to bat for their interests first and foremost. That's just my POV.
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