c/world · u/schizoidman@lemm.ee · 214 points
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59845415
https://archive.is/wkAru
* “I fully share your loathing of European freeloading,” Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, later replied. “It’s PATHETIC.”
u/Elkot@lemmy.world · 4 points
I do
u/Humanius@lemmy.world · 5 points
I suggest you take a look at the Signal messages that got leaked in the Atlantic, they speak volumes.
Those chat logs do not suggest that what America is doing is based on rational policy
u/Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 1 points
Maybe frienemsis? That's better...
u/ogmios@sh.itjust.works · -4 points
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u/Humanius@lemmy.world · 8 points
There was still the lingering hope that behind the scenes they would have an actual plan.. That the way the American government under Trump is behaving isn't just out of blind hatred for Europe.
That last bundle of straws to grasp are now gone too, and Europe must accept that America is simply no longer our friend and ally.
**Edit**: Typos and autocorrect
u/ogmios@sh.itjust.works · 27 points
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u/RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com · 8 points
I still don't get what the fuck their problem is. Is it really just "they strong, we want strong alone"? I can't believe the entire government is in Putin's pockets.