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@Wyi_Gaius @TrueNashWay @markusdeme23 21.9 trillion spent past 70 years on nato funding by the US gov in support of European defense

@TrueNashWay @markusdeme23 Answer my question. Stop throwing insults, you're not a kid.

The US asked France for help to open the strait and France said "no". The UAE asked for a resolution to open the strait with force and France said "no". Now, France has made a deal with Iran and French ships are passing through the strait freely. France logic: why fight when you can just make a deal and pass without stress?? Be wise like France!

@ItsMark_CZ @ATTYBYCHOICE @Axphyl95 @MsMelChen I won’t argue Iraq 2003 invasion wasn’t helpful but Iraq was formed in 1920 by the Uk of 3 separate ottoman provinces. It was run by a Sunni Muslim dictatorship till 2003 even tho the country was only 15% Sunni and 85% Shiite and saddam opposition. US worsened a European creation

@Falkey120 @ATTYBYCHOICE @Axphyl95 @MsMelChen US interventions-like invading Iraq in 2003 made things worse by creating vacuums that empowered extremists. US does more harm than good.

Let’s be real here. Europe has spent decades freeloading on American security. Even now, with every NATO member finally hitting the 2% GDP target in 2025. But beyond the financial contributions, the real rupture is philosophical and the Iran crisis has shown a spotlight on it. Europe worships process. Endless committees, consultations, and “predictability.” Macron actually calls it a virtue. For Trump, this is paralysis as his style is to articulate a threat, fix a target, and act. The Americans are men of conviction and purpose. Europe on the other hand lives by bureaucratic liturgy and in high-minded abstractions. Sure, Americans might make mistakes when acting. But Europe never considers what the costs of not acting actually are. Just look at how their nations are doing on various fronts, especially on the border crisis, and you see the same cancerous rot that undergirds their foreign policy approach play out domestically. It's the same problem on a different scale. Iran is currently holding the Strait of Hormuz hostage, choking 20% of global oil and spiking prices past $100 a barrel. Meanwhile, the regime is bleeding from strikes, its nuclear ambitions are still alive despite degraded capability, and its proxies are firing missiles at allies and oil tankers. If this isn’t a clear and present danger to the global economy - of which Europe is a part - then I don’t know what is. Yet when Washington asked to use European bases to finish the job - bases the US has defended for generations, the response was hesitation and hand-wringing. The US did strike from RAF Fairford, but only after warnings that British soil could become a “legitimate target.” If you cannot agree that a theocratic regime with eschatological ambitions who have shown no restraint in hitting out at Gulf countries and threatening the world’s energy jugular is an enemy worth confronting, then what, exactly, are we allies about? Europe loves to preen about being tough on Russia. They issue condemnations and speeches and slap sanctions that hardly work to cripple the Russian economy. Now here was a chance to do something concrete: let the Americans use the bases they already pay for, help clear the Strait, and actually degrade the Iranian war machine that arms Moscow’s proxies. Turmp didn’t ask for boots on the ground or any kind of more offensive action. All he wanted was permission to operate from the infrastructure America has underwritten for decades. They couldn’t even manage that. So can you blame the Americans for seeing NATO for what it is? A paper-tiger alliance that expects Washington to bleed and pay while Brussels and London convenes and deliberates. If Europe refuses to treat Iran as the threat it is while happily letting American power keep the Strait open and the lights on, then the alliance is already dead. Trump is simply stating the obvious and the Americans are becoming very reluctant to subsidize the European delusion any longer.

@RasmusJarlov Europes share of the glob gdp as dropped from 25 percent 20 years ago to 14% today. With limited natural resources and reliance for energy from Asia and America I understand your European but I think your idea of the EUs influence is conflated. More likely US, China and India.

In the future, there will be three major powers in the world: China, USA, EU. Neutral countries will move as much as possible towards the EU as their preferred partner because both China and the USA treat other countries disrespectfully and try to extort them. Europe will be the only great power and market to turn to if you want to have an equal and fair relationship. Canada is already moving towards Europe for this exact reason. India and Japan will also form a closer relationship with Europe. This is what soft power means. MAGA replies in the comment section will prove the point.

@ItsMark_CZ @ATTYBYCHOICE @Axphyl95 @MsMelChen To be fair, the Middle East’s problems have stemmed from artificial countries and borders whose full basis for existence is the European colonial system from when Europe was at the apex of their power and divided the map at their will.

@ATTYBYCHOICE @Axphyl95 @MsMelChen The Middle East has been destabilized thanks to the US invading numerous countries. Same thing is happening now again in Iran. Oil prices are going up, once again thanks to the US. Whatever US does, it affects the whole world not just the USA. Like think a little.

@RasmusJarlov @Alfonzo10432880 Hispanics generally assimilate have assimilated to America culture due to their motivations for economic prosperity. War torn Muslim immigrants such as Europe as seen had tendency to recreate the culture in their preference

@RasmusJarlov @Alfonzo10432880 Frankly you sound like a skewed CNN opinion with a foreign perspective on America’s immigration issues, it’s strictly an open border issue in America. Hell Trump got 46% of Hispanic vote last year on the border platform.

As a European, I am not afraid that the USA will leave NATO. We already know that they do not have good intentions to Europe and that we, therefore, have to build our defence to be able to fight without the Americans. We are well on our way and it will happen a lot faster if the USA leaves NATO officially. Russia is too weak and small to be a long term threat to Europe. They simple can not match what we can produce. As long as we keep Ukraine from falling, Russia is also not a threat to us in the short term. So if the USA leaves NATO, it is simple for us: Keep Ukraine from falling at all costs and build up European defence and weapon production as fast as humanly possible. We can and we will do that and Europe will be absolutely fine and safe.

@arlenparsa built one of the largest regional plumbing companies in the region that employees 120 plus employers with 30 plus investment properties and a net worth of 66 million all on work and sacrifice. As someone with a masters degree,arguing a B of A degree is more impressive is a joke

AOC graduated with honors from Boston University with double degrees in Economics and International Relations. Markwayne was the only Senator without even a bachelor’s degree. Hope that helps.

@KinderheimRune Also doesn’t help the heavy socialist/communist lean a lot of Europe has taken in only 20 years, so guess your all feeling extra close with the Russian/China markets and not free market capitalism

@Falkey120 You should try to think really hard why there’s such a difference.

I know for a fact that this will get ridiculed in MAGA world but we are dead serious about Greenland. We are not interested in losing Greenland. It's a red line.

@KinderheimRune While I hate seeing this crack with europe and was just vacationing in France less then a month ago so. Europe projects hard power it doesn’t actually have. Greenland is an attempt to fake this. Half their energy reliance in 2021 came from Russia likely playing a part

@KinderheimRune Granted Denmark is nato and Ukraine is not but man not a great look by the European powers when Russia is pounding europes front door for 3 years but an island of 50k that’s geographically closer to America would cause Western Europe to shed blood first then against Russia

@Falkey120 You have no idea how triggering it is to talk about this crisis with Americans. No one is arguing that Denmark is a military superpower but that’s completely irrelevant to this situation. We don’t live in a vacuum.

@KinderheimRune I can imagine it being stressful especially with how unpredictable Trump can be, though when the German pres argues they don’t have the military capabilities to assist with opening the strait of Hormuz, it adds to trumps argument of the artic not being well defended

@Connor_J_Hughes @ZackBlatt Would jets consider kicking tires on a jj McCarthy trade since he seems available and younger then Simpson

A new #JFD coming your way today at 2 p.m. Send over some questions ... NOW on what you'd like @ZackBlatt and I to address post-free agency, pre-NFL draft, and right as this roster & Aaron Glenn/Darren Mougey's plan is taking shape

@krassenstein Why are you cheerleadering Iran, it’s pretty off putting

MASSIVE BREAKING: Iran has struck the oil tanker 'Skylight' near the Strait of Hormuz. Four sailors were injured. The attack took place 5 miles north of Khasab Port in Oman. The attack occurred after the ship ignored Iran’s order not to enter the straight. Oil prices are about to skyrocket when the market opens.

@LePapillonBlu2 Wont question nbc news stupidity but was clearly just pointing out that US soil was a red line and obviously Us bases are considered US soil so they literally just pointing out his prior statement was a complete lie. That wasn’t that hard to understand if your not bias

NBC news anchors asked Iran why it’s justifying attacks on American bases in the region. “Um, because you’re bombing us from those bases? What do you want me to say? ”

@thewizeblkman @GeraldoRivera This was already confirmed literally in real time with video evidence to be an Iran misfire. Stop the misinformation

@GeraldoRivera Did we really just kill 63 elementary school kids. Please tell me we did not

Trump is unleashed. In a blink he has destroyed the leadership of Iran. The headquarters of the Ayatollah are ash. Our half century old humiliation 1979-81 America Held Hostage is avenged.

@DianneCallaha16 @lawler4ny Multiple reports yesterday leaked that indicated a restarting of nuclear site as well as a pivot to dirty bombs with sources indicating Iran was reaching out to China for supersonic tech. Massive escalation.This info was provided to the gang of 8 last week.

There was no immediate threat by Iran towards the United States. Didn’t Trump say the United States completely and totally obliterated Iran’s nuclear program in 2025? Recent U.S. intelligence assessments suggest Iran was as far as 10 years away from developing a missile capable of striking the United States. So, what threat existed to justify this illegal strike?

Since many of my Democrat colleagues don’t seem to understand the War Powers Act, it’s very simple: The President must notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops or commencing an attack. The President must then withdraw troops within 60-90 days, unless Congress declares war. In this instance, Congress was notified in advance and briefed before the strike on Iran. A full classified briefing will be forthcoming. Now, Congress can pass a concurrent resolution ordering the troops be withdrawn at anytime, which is what Massie and Khanna are trying to do. But under Article II and as Commander in Chief, the President has the authority to act. The notion that this strike is illegal or that the President needed Congress’ authority is wrong. Furthermore, Biden and Obama conducted numerous strikes in numerous countries without Congress and none of the people screaming now, seemed to have any objections. For historical context, Congress has not declared war since WWII.

@EdKrassen Your either are dumb or liar in terms of understating international shipping or love trade

BREAKING: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is closing the strait of Hormuz and is turning vessels around. This threatens 20% of the world’s oil. Trump’s Operation Epic Fury is about to make inflation spike. Is this what you voted for?

@Peoples_Pundit You’ve lost your way rich

The polling is already very bad. About 1/3 of Republicans are a combination of disappointed and really fucking pissed. Went to JD's old stomping ground earlier today to talk to service members and families, btw. That was fun. Just kidding. It was horrible.

@RoKhanna @JDVance You seem like more of Neville chamberlain then a Roosevelt fan

Thoughts @JDVance?