Only the formerly head US forces in NATO, Ben Hodges afaik, has oftentimes said similar lines, like here :

Europe should “quit whining” about the threats it faces and “act like the superpower” that it is, according to a former senior US army officer.

Generally, he’s quite confident about Europe defending itself.

Fucking finally, time to take care of the rouge “state” 🇨🇳

Umm… Lol.

the rouge (or red) state being China 🇨🇳; Or rogue state 🇹🇼 Taiwan?

Technically, the only rogue and red state is China ofc.

Such is life currently: hyperbolic questions in ironic comments like " have you proof about Ruzz agression, because the West…" etc.

Smh, about the contrast between their potential to embrace a grand selfdeception and the arrogant stubbornness to look away from the invasive destruction and killings Shahed drones cause on a daily bases for more than a thousand days.

The West

Yeah that really clarified everything about your POV, thank you.

We only care about the money.

Trump does. Oligarchs & dictators too. What’s your point?

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back in March 2025:

This was one of the several disasters that shook the Transatlantic relationship.( Nato Top, Tariffs, Mineral deal and the cancellation of Ukrainian aid are other examples). Europeans have tried to mend the rift and some believed it was (somewhat) working.

But since this week and after the latest “scandal”, it’s become clear to all memberstates, beyond doubt, that Trump’s interests lie completely elsewhere.

It’s not easy to change a relationship, it’s structures and institutions which have stood for at least 70 -80 years.

Good summary and imo correctly nuanced views of where Europe has landed geopolitically this week.

FYI: Nothing has been decided yet. This is all about Plans that (some) EU institutions want to pass, European Parliament still needs to aprove etc. Digital Omnibus and the ammended Chat Control

However, citizens and privacyrights organisations are rightly so, very concerned, like Patrick Breyer

…And they want to misdirect, distract, sow divisions within allies and stall for time to consolidate their position.

Holy crap… the disregard.

That’s a much better word. Ty.

Authoritarian creep is a danger to all western democracies.

Exactly… A danger to people in general. Never came across people who lived under a dictatorship who felt free, happy or without having lost friends & family to the regime.

Sometimes there are apologists though, but that’s a imo a trauma induced coping strategy or they were collaborating (often under some life or death threat).

Yaah I’ve seen his vids. Former military analyst something from Denmark or there abouts?

Kidnapped

Is usually is a term used when asking for a “ransom” they ask money or something, and usually people are taken for a (limited) period of time.

I’s more like human trafficking, but still it’s not the right term . In a way its a combination of kidnapping, human trafficking and sort of genocidal thing. Or all the above? #Ed quoting layout

to surrender half his country

And Zelensky would probably consider this for peace in a alternate universe, if it wasn’t for the 1000% untrustworthy Putin who always breaks treaties and promises.

Also RF “stole” (I don’t know what’s even the proper name) a minimum of 20K children, and and are momentarily brainwashing them. Some are being trained to fight against Ukraine.

That’s probably a pill many find ( too) hard to swallow.

And to be very CLEAR, about the deliberate treason by the Trumptraitor:

• As discussions began in Geneva, Donald Trump said Ukraine had shown “zero gratitude” for US efforts to end the conflict

• Speculation based on the use of language in the plan suggests it may have been written in Russian and later translated into English.

• " A group of US senators said Rubio told them the text was not an American one. It was, they said, a Russian document deliberately leaked by Moscow which the US then passed on to Ukraine.

"These measures have become almost standard,” said Jan Brouwer, law professor at the University of Groningen. “For longer periods, anyone walking in these areas can be searched, even someone taking their dog for a walk.”

Imagine going for a regular stroll and suddenly you need to show your ID and are frisked (sometimes followed). It’s not a nice experience, and you can write off your relaxing walk.

Well, for some (secure) areas it does make more sense, like with airports & drone incidents etc.

Almost as if the UK’s “right” is following Orban’s script to take over the media and poltics in the country. I mean considering the BBC’s takeover and board drama story too.

Hi fyi this link was already posted earlier in worldnews