New York Times asks the real question: “Debate is building over just how deep the Trump administration’s antagonism runs, and whether the real goal is to destroy the European Union.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/trump-eu-allies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/trump-eu-allies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Trump refers to »not paying the NATO«. But that aside, the EU was rather accused of not supporting enough its own members.
Krasnov is now their main weapon.
Think white supremacy, resentment, greed, misogyny.
Das Muster ist so einfach zu erkennen!
As a result of putin‘s hybrid war, starting long before brexit but reaching a first goal in it. Putin wants a European order, dominated by Russia, that leaves no room for the EU.
So this is an attack from two sides.
military cooperation is being set up and investments in our safety are done.
One consequence of this: Europeans will have to decouple from cloud services under US control, AWS, Azure, Google what have you - don't they?
Calm is good on the high seas. But if your ship has hit an iceberg, you better prepare for the worst.
What seems like insanity makes much more sense if viewed as a coordinated attack by a hostile actor using proxies.
Even pre-Trump, US competition authorities were long tolerant of monopolistic practices: having a US-owned worldwide monopoly outweighed the crushing of domestic competition.
The European Commission has been tackling US tech monopolies far more vigorously.
Dismantling the European Union is Putin's goal, therefore it is self-evidently the goal of the Manchurian Mango.