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@KurtSchlichter Europe is dealing with a clown.

The Europeans are not dealing with “a man.” They are dealing with the United States of America. The United States needed the most innocuous kind of cooperation from them. They denied the United States that cooperation. The implied argument is that their obligations within our alliance depend on whether they like the guy we chose as our president. “Sure, we’re allies…if we approve of who you elected.” Nope. We are not going to forget, and we’re not going to forgive. I’m indifferent to their excuses or their rationalizations. The United States of America needed their help and not very much help. They turned us down. That changes everything. And they aren’t going to like how it changes everything.

100,000 American troops in Europe = a free ride for Europeans? Let's check the facts. 🔹 American military bases are not free Germany, Italy, Spain, and Romania pay for the infrastructure, land, utilities, and civilian personnel of US bases. Germany alone contributes over $1 billion annually to support the American military presence on its soil. 🔹 Europe is the largest customer of the American defense industry F-35s, Patriot missiles, HIMARS, Apaches — all purchased by Europeans with real money. Every security alarm in Europe translates into contracts for Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Boeing. 🔹 American bases in Europe don't only protect Europe Ramstein in Germany coordinates operations across Africa and the Middle East. Sigonella in Italy covers the Mediterranean and North Africa. Romania secures the eastern flank and the Black Sea. These are global American strategic assets — not neighborhood security for Europeans. 🔹 Command is American, not European NATO is always led by an American Supreme Commander (SACEUR). Europe contributes troops, bases, and money — but America holds the controls. Those who control the structure are not the ones getting a free ride. 🔹 The nuclear umbrella is not altruism American nuclear deterrence in Europe keeps the dollar as the world's reserve currency, keeps European markets open to US corporations, and legitimizes American hegemony against Russia and China. But what would actually happen if America withdrew its troops from Europe? 🔹 For America — immediate strategic losses Without bases in Europe, American response time to any crisis in Europe, Africa, or the Middle East grows from hours to days. Ramstein, Sigonella, and Incirlik cannot be replaced by aircraft carriers. Infrastructure built over decades disappears overnight. 🔹 The American defense industry loses its biggest customer A Europe without the US umbrella will build its own defense industry — and fast. Airbus Military, KNDS, Leonardo, and Rheinmetall will take the contracts that Lockheed and Raytheon currently win. Billions of dollars shift from America to Europe. 🔹 The dollar weakens Dollar hegemony is partly sustained by American global military credibility. A withdrawal from Europe signals to the world that America no longer guarantees the postwar order. Alternatives — the euro, the yuan — become more attractive as global reserve options. 🔹 Russia wins without firing a single shot Not necessarily through immediate invasion — but through political influence, energy pressure, and the gradual destabilization of countries on the eastern frontier. The Baltic states, Poland, and Romania enter a security grey zone that no one can guarantee quickly. 🔹 China watches and draws conclusions about Taiwan A precedent of withdrawal from Europe sends a direct signal to Beijing: American commitments are negotiable. The cost of deterrence in the Pacific rises exponentially. Withdrawal is not isolationism. It is strategic abdication. America would not be leaving Europe because it no longer has interests there. It would be leaving while ignoring that those very interests are what make it a superpower. The "free ride" narrative doesn't describe Europe. It describes exactly what America has in Europe.

@Niko_KCCO @Toriadus Only one I can concede is the bomb on the car, targeting military personnel. I liked that one. Go home.

@Toriadus You are a moron those are not soecific targets if the drones get intercepted. But Ukriane has hit bridges, trains , busses , cars , kindergarten, beaches, apartments, terrorist type bombs placed on cars and other places within Russia...etc. Your just anothrr propagandists.

Can someone explain to me why the world’s response to the staggering scale of Russian war crimes in Ukraine is so incredibly passive?

@Gianl1974 Great post, USA Citizens should know the truth behind the rhetoric. Trump likes to put total Military expenditures incorrectly as NATO funding

@Seekerspawn @nyaraVT It is not who ICE is shooting in the face.

@FuKalyar @nyaraVT Just at invaders... if they dont leave by any other means. Africa also needed violence to decolonise.

"why is a German talking about US politics" > Trump starts a war that makes my gas prices 2€+/L > Social Media controlled by US tech companies who push anti-trans propaganda > AfD uses MAGA Republicans as an example and wants ICE in Germany The fuckups of the US affect us all.

🇺🇸🇫🇷 Macron on Trump: “He talks too much and goes in every direction. This is not a show. When you are serious, you don’t say the opposite of what you said the day before. Perhaps you don’t need to speak every day.” Presidential shutdown.

Who is paying the costs for NATO? Right: Europe is. Not the US. #WeAreNATO

@Seekerspawn @nyaraVT Why do u want a german-ice shooting at citizen?

@nyaraVT there is an embargo on Iran and our oil doesnt come from Hormus. How come we still pay 2 Euro? You are cucked by the german gov and petro chem companies. not anti-trans but pro-normal propaganda. We desperately need ICE in Germany.

@PM_ViktorOrban Keep dreaming.

Europe is heading toward one of the most severe economic crises in its history. The world is facing a serious energy crisis. Europe is in grave danger. The only way out is to lift the sanctions imposed on Russian energy. Immediately. We must think not about Putin, but about our own country and our peoples. Instead of warmongering, love and save your country, Donald!

@HashemMelech048 @WarMonitor3 You seem confused. Austria is not a member of NATO. Why should they care if you leave.

@WarMonitor3 Europe- Don’t leave NATO, Russia will come for us. Also Europe- “Fuck America”, every chance it gets. We hear you loud and clear.

Austria has refused every request from the US airforce to fly over its territory-AFP

@LeonardMJoyner @WarMonitor3 Austria is not part of NATO.

@WarMonitor3 NATO is dysfunctional and broken. It is a one way street, US tax payer dollars and defense guarantees go to Europe, and Europe fucks US every chance they get. The US needs to leave NATO.

@Quazil84 @justinmmathews @VFinnishProbs And? Ukraine is not in NATO. You supported a country that helped you after 9/11. Nice. You get bored and stop in 2025. Not nice in my opinion but it is your call and that's okay.

@justinmmathews @VFinnishProbs We've poured hundreds of billions into Ukraine.

Getting really bored of MAGA ranting about "freeloading" Europeans. The US does not spend a trillion dollars "on NATO." It spends it on a vast global military empire, with a mere 3.6% going toward their bases in Europe. Meanwhile us "freeloading" Europeans spend $454 billion on our own defence. The "freeloading" story is and always has been a lie to keep Americans angry and Europeans compliant.

🦔Microsoft's Copilot terms of service state that Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, that it can make mistakes and may not work as intended, and that users should not rely on it for important advice. The terms also explicitly state that Microsoft makes no warranty or representation of any kind about Copilot, including that its responses won't infringe on copyrights, trademarks, or privacy rights. Users are solely responsible if they choose to publish or share Copilot's responses. My Take This is the same product Microsoft is embedding into Word, Excel, Outlook, and GitHub, selling to enterprises for $30 per user per month, and that just froze hiring in its cloud division to fund. The terms say entertainment purposes only while the sales pitch says productivity multiplier. Those two things cannot both be true at the same time, and the one that matters legally is the one buried in the terms of service that almost nobody reads before deploying it across their organization. Any company using Copilot to generate code, contracts, or customer-facing content and then publishing that output owns every consequence of doing so. Microsoft has made that very clear in writing. Hedgie🤗 Link for those interested: microsoft.com/en-us/microsof…

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so... I audited Garry's website after he bragged about 37K LOC/day and a 72-day shipping streak. here's what 78,400 lines of AI slop code actually looks like in production. a single homepage load of garryslist.org downloads 6.42 MB across 169 requests. for a newsletter-blog-thingy. 1/9🧵

@ia_bebeto @jacksonhinklle Europe is paying for the weapons. "Handouts". Inform yourself.

@jacksonhinklle Europe’s dependency on the US has finally caught up with them. They had no strategy or plan for their own security, only receiving handouts from the US.

🚨🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺BREAKING: President Trump threatens to stop sending weapons to Ukraine if Europe doesn't help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

1. The Apathy Indicator Situation: Your top performer completely stops fighting for better code quality. They stop arguing in PR reviews, stop bringing up refactoring during sprint planning, and quietly ship exactly what you ask for without a single question. System: Immediately audit their recent output and compare it to their work from six months ago. If they are only doing the bare minimum requirements and nothing more, they have checked out emotionally. You need an intervention. Why it works: Passionate engineers argue because they care about the system. Apathetic engineers just nod, merge the code, and spend their evenings updating their resumes.

Giving a shit about people is not only the right way a society should function, it's also a more cost effective solution. Providing apartments with support is cheaper than bearing the costs of emergency healthcare and criminal justice services required for individuals living on the streets.

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