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Originally Posted by jfman
The EU should have at least had the decency to pay the Indians to refine their Russian fossil fuels before import. There’s certainly no comparison between who has let down the Ukrainians more between the Americans and the EU.
Hopefully with the UK and EU committing to more defence spending they realise the USA are an unreliable ally and spend that money on this side of the pond. You won’t want the intelligence and systems your weapons rely upon to dry up upon the whim of whoever is in the MAGA hotseat.
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This is a joke, all the European spending on NATO Defence is absolutely dwarfed by what the U.S spends on theirs. There is no way on Earth Europe would win a war against Russia with China & Iran thrown in to the mix, without U.S back up, none of the remaining NATO members could ever afford or have the military capability that matches America.
Trump cannot unilaterally withdraw from NATO, he will need congressional approval. A bill was passed in 2020 to “President proof NATO withdrawal”. Previous presidents have walked away from other treaties without a congressional nod, but if Trump tries, it will obviously go through the courts & Supreme Court, only snag is that there is nothing in the written constitution, that requires Congressional approval for withdrawal from a treaty & SC always applies the test, is it constitutional?
But the real bug bearer for Trump is that his current Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, co-authored that 2020 Bill.