It started in 1990 when James Baker promised Gorbachev that NATO would not expand one inch further eastward if Russia agreed to the reunification of Germany, thereby officially ending WW II.
Democrats are an historically illiterate pack of thugs. The scary part is that they know it and don’t care.
“a new world where it was harder to depend on the United States.”
We have enough domestic dependents, and we’re busy now shedding millions of foreign dependents gifted us by democrats and cheap labor rinos.
Europe. You’re emancipated.
They need to figure it out. We have our own problems. They should probably conscript some of their Syrian refugees to staff their European army.
“Crisis”
The new Democratic Party buzzword.
Why don't they ask our allies in Afghanistan how reliable we were under Biden.
They may in crisis.....meh!
F Europe. Get our troops out of Europe and get out of NATO. That Eurotrash isn’t worth saving and it certainly isn’t worth even one American life. Our existential threat today is Red China, not Russia. That’s where we need to be focusing on.
Gorbachev did not negotiate well. He should have insisted on it as part of a proposal instead of taking Baker’s word for it.
Exactly. This was in crisis long before Trump ever got inot office.
NATO and the UN have both long outlived their purpose.
“European leaders felt certain about one thing after a whirlwind tour by Trump officials — they were entering a new world where it was harder to depend on the United States.”
Sure because they could depend on Biden to fall asleep on the beach while the acting President caved in to what ever the EU wanted.
They SHOULD be in a state of crisis!
We saved their asses once and they rip us off.
PAY US BACK INGREATES!
Time for the Yurps - especially Germany - to grow up and start providing for their own defense.
Why would the EU want to depend on the US? Our wine and bread isn’t that great, we eat BBQ with our fingers, we have loud home defense devices, and we like free speech.
Rescuing another human from their continued foolishness is a fool’s errand.
So too is rescuing another nation state, or domestic state (e.g. NY, CA, WA, OR, IL, MI) from their continued foolishness.
At some point, one must simply walk away, leaving them to their own choices, decisions and self-created consequences.
Continuing the rescuing cycle demonstrates lack of wisdom in both examples, not realizing that in perpetuating the behavior, the rescuer ALWAYS pays the price and the rescuee NEVER faces the consequences and pain of their OWN actions and had no desire, or need to change. The cycle must stop, just like a host/parasite relationship.
The US, under President Trump is stopping the government cycles.
Finally!
Our allies have always let the US “do the right thing”, while they bitch about how evil we are. Screw them.