In one sense, by allowing Europe to get away with it, America is a little bit respilonsible for the socialism that plagues Europe.
In a very large sense, US policy has reduced Europe into a state of “learned incompetence” similar to the way that doing everything for children leaves them unable to function on their own. It served US policy for Europe to be dependent on us, and brought military, political, and economic benefits in resisting Soviet expansion, but at a price we can no longer afford. The cost/benefit analysis only pencils if we have a major adversary to resist. Thus the panic in some circles to keep Russia in that role.
Postings 1 and 2 are spot on. We have allowed the world’s trash to abuse our largess, not kindness, because Americans have to pay for 30 trillion debt. Americans have been abused by the world leaders, and local leaders. The world is finding out the s*** is hitting the fan, and Europe and American cheaters are on the wrong side.