Sandra Khadhouri

It’s official. America, Russia, Hungary - want to weaken Europe, destroy EU & NATO, by dismembering and bankrupting us, polarising our societies. Brexit and Trump are part of a continuum. So what are we going to do ? Keep letting them take bites off us - or fight back hard.

It’s OK to stop being MAGA, you are not alone.

PM Carney says the days of sending 70 cents of every dollar in military spending to the United States are over and gets a standing ovation

I suspect the populist right bubble is bursting the world over. Trump is a busted flush, Orban will likely be hammered tomorrow, Bolsonaro is incarcerated & Farage is looking more like a loser with each passing day. These guys only offer anger & hate, not solutions & progress.

APPLEBAUM: Russians aren't winning, despite the absence of United States. Maybe Trump imagined that if the U.S. disappeared, Ukraine would collapse. It didn't collapse. European part of NATO, Ukrainians, and other allies turned out to be very powerful. It's almost as if Trump is listening to Putin, getting information from Putin. He is not paying attention to what's actually happening on the ground. It's as if he has no information from Ukraine and from Europe at all.

McGowan: Can just let me speak for like one fricken second, bro? Rothman: Sorry. McGowan: There was a deal and Trump came in and said, I can get a better deal. And he ripped it up and he didn't get a better deal. And then he went into that country at the request of another country's leader, and he spent $50 billion and killed thousands of civilians and at least 13 American soldiers and hundreds of American soldiers are injured. We've hurt our bases. We've hurt our radar. People hate the country now. We had a president say that we're going to destroy an entire civilization…. That does not make you a good negotiator. That doesn't make you a good guy. It makes you psychotic.

@MedienfuzziShow @LordMurielo Hotel won.

Ein Hotelgast hat in seinem Urlaub einen Wettkampf mit dem Personal gestartet. Spektakulär 😂 Quelle @LordMurielo

This is what she meant to say! 👇

I never thought I’d see a U.S. president and vice president actively back a European leader caught collaborating with the Kremlin at the expense of Europe’s security. That will forever be the legacy of Trump and Vance in Europe. We will not forget.

Now this is a Melania press conference that can be watched over and over again. 😂😂😂😂 (Cr. thedroobiee, Instagram)

@commons96055467 The addiction to guns is also deeply unsettling. What's that all about? Levels of gun violence in US are much higher than elsewhere. Time to say no to guns and glorification of violence in movies.

I woke up this morning questioning my every moral standings. I found myself in an absolute panic. It’s not about trump anymore, it’s about us. Are we the most immoral of people in the world to allow this to continue? Trump should be dragged out of the White House.

@commons96055467 Why not repeat the No Kings protests, every single Saturday, week after week, build up momentum and crowds. Until it's undeniable, and everyone joins. Everyone can do something, however small. Talk to a swing voter, write to a congressperson, help someone in need.

WATCH: Tens of thousands of people chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest.

So turns out the “London is collapsing” narrative isn’t grassroots at all. It’s being pumped out by bots, content farms, and foreign-aligned networks then laundered through politicians and media. Manufacture the fear. Repeat it enough. Turn it into policy.

@PoliticalStacy Did it become undeniable to you that when there is no system or expertise, things stop working, there's more corruption and chaos, the rich and powerful benefit, law and order is undermined.. Perhaps that's why so many reject the damage inflicted by your Trump at home and abroad

I used to believe Donald Trump was simply an outstanding President. But then I watched in real time as the mainstream media, the FBI, intelligence agencies, Big Tech, and the entire Washington establishment joined forces in an unprecedented campaign to destroy one single man. The constant lawfare, the two impeachments, the endless Russia collusion hoax, the Mar-a-Lago raid, the gag orders, the efforts to remove him from the ballot, the attempts to bankrupt him and throw him in prison... all of it aimed at stopping him from ever returning to power. That's when it became undeniable to me: No one gets this level of coordinated, hysterical opposition unless they pose a genuine existential threat to the system... The system that we all know is corrupt and broken. Ordinary politicians don't trigger that kind of coordinated panic. At that moment, I stopped thinking of him as just a great President. He is the greatest of all time.

I thought for a long time about whether I should say anything, but it is time to appeal to reason and truth. We are friends. And on this app, misinformation gets pushed in waves. MAGA hears a line from the top dictator, repeats it, and suddenly ignorance gets dressed up as analysis. The fact is that the tweet below is right in a major way. Europe has not been freeloading off the United States. Europe and Canada spent a combined $486 billion on defence in 2024 alone. European NATO states now buy a huge share of their major weapons from the U.S. In 2020 to 2024, 64% of their major arms imports came from the United States. For the 2021 to 2025 period, Europe accounted for 38% of total U.S. arms exports, the largest regional share. NATO allies also represented around $20 billion in U.S. foreign military sales in fiscal 2022 and $24 billion in fiscal 2023. That is not charity from Washington, oh boy no. That is a revenue stream for Washington. The U.S. presence in Europe is not some selfless protective act. It is also about projection, logistics, reach, and cost savings. In early 2025, the U.S. had nearly 84,000 servicemembers in Europe, and NATO common funding continues to pay for infrastructure upgrades at bases used by U.S. forces there. NATO has even committed $385 million for upgrades tied to AND FOR U.S. special weapons storage and related facilities in Europe. Those bases put American forces closer to the regions where Washington wants to operate, and they reduce the strategic cost of doing so. And the most important point is this: if the U.S. loses Europe as a customer, staging ground, and political-military platform, it loses tens of billions of dollars in arms business, plus strategic positioning it has benefited from for decades. The only time NATO Article 5 has ever been invoked was after the 11 September attacks on the United States. So the myth that America endlessly subsidises everyone else while getting nothing back is propaganda. In reality, Europe has been helping finance the system, buying the weapons, hosting the bases, and sustaining the architecture from which the U.S. itself profits. I still believe a united Western world is worth striving for. I am not falling for the division pushed by this cult, and neither should you. Trumpism will hopefully not be around for long. What is important to note, though, is that Europe has at most benefited from NATO indirectly, while the United States has benefited directly over and over again. So do not let MAGA propaganda lull you into believing otherwise. Peace.

Trump told MAGA he'd make America great again. Instead, thanks to his insults and threats, he's making it small by shrivelling American influence across Europe. 1. MILITARY ACCESS: DOORS CLOSING Spain shut its bases and airspace to US war operations. Italy turned a US military plane away mid-flight. Austria, France and Switzerland blocked US aircraft from their skies. Poland refused to hand over its Patriot missiles. 2. ARMS SALES: COLLAPSING Europe is rearming fast and buying European. Germany's new weapons orders are 92% European suppliers. Washington formally complained. Europe shrugged. 3. CONSUMER LOYALTY: GONE In Denmark, an app that flags American products hit No.1 in the App Store. Downloads up 867% in a week. Europeans aren't just angry. They're organised. 4. INVESTMENT: FLEEING Dutch pension funds dumped €30 billion in US investments last year. Across Europe, 63% of investors have quietly reduced their American exposure. 5. TRADE DEALS: BYPASSED The EU signed deals with India and Mercosur in January covering 2 billion people. The Americans weren't at the table. They weren't invited. 6. TALENT: LEAVING USA University enrolment from overseas dropped 17% in a single year. European universities are offering "scientific asylum" to American professors. 7. TOURISM: DYING Out of 184 countries, the US was the only one to lose tourists last year. Down $12.5 billion. Europeans are booking longer routes just to avoid American soil. Shrivelling influence, fewer allies, less trust, less trade. and less relevance. There's nothing great about that.

@AriFleischer Ari, you are wasting billions in taxpayers money and precious time through these manufactured wars. It is also costly satisfying Trump's vanity + appetite for revenge, & lining his family's pockets with millions. Meanwhile, sweeping Govt cuts hurt the American people

Moving the US military out of west European bases will be costly, slow and complicated. These bases are large and sophisticated. Wherever we move to has to be equally sophisticated and secure. A good place to start is moving from Spain to Morocco, where the US used to have a SAC base. Morocco has several modern facilities, including our former bases. Morocco is already a designated non-NATO major ally (so is Bahrain), is a member of the Abraham Accords, and is pro-western. They’re also a tolerant and beautiful country. The US has options. If Spain, France and Italy won’t help us, we can find better places to go.

@PM_ViktorOrban This man supports Russia's attacks on Ukraine and the rest of Europe. He makes millions off the backs of ordinary Hungarians. He doesn't care about your interests. Get Orban gone.

Foreign interference in Hungary’s election is unacceptable and no accident. They know that as long as Hungary has a patriotic government, we will not send a single penny to Ukraine and we will not support its EU accession. The Hungarian people must decide their own future. On April 12th, Fidesz is the safe choice! 🟠🇭🇺

Who's been helping who on security and stability over the years? Could it possibly be that America benefited from its allies and the stability created by alliances?

So many in Europe now see America as a threat. Turning on US allies is stupid. Empowering Russia to continue attacking Ukraine + Europe is dangerous. US is harming people across the world. Voters, you can stop this. Remove Trump + Vote Democrat. politico.eu/article/poll-e…