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its entirely needed. For those of us who live outside the US he's tearing everything down. His remarks about Greenland and curious kid gloves with Russia hint at a future without NATO. What do you expect other nations to do in response to that?

We can't just outsource all our tech to the US anymore, if it isn't a reliable partner.

>curious kid gloves with Russia

Did he outsource all of the country's oil reliance to Putin's Russia? Wait, no, that was the EU.

Did he also laugh at anyone telling him not to do that since it made him rely on Putin's Russia? Wait no, that was also the EU.

We aren't 100% reliant on Russian Oil, and the EU has made decisions again and again to reduce the reliance on Russia for Energy against the resistance of some members

Oh my mistake, 100% reliant on Russian oil that's shipped via India. Much better!

Keep repeating that false claim, instead of doing a little bit of research. I know it takes a bit of effort, but it would make you certainly less ignorant

We receive Oil from multiple Suppliers including Norway, United States, Kazakhstan, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.

The Russian Oil via India is certainly less than 30%

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

he tries to negotiate a truce without Ukraine, without any of the EU. His government is infested with politicians that parrot FSB talking points. Considering how incredibly hostile he is with almost every other nation, he's barely ever like that with one of the most hostile belligerents in the world today.

I'm not saying I know exactly what's up but its super sus.

The point is the opportunity created by trump's tariff policy. Saying do what I want or I'll burn your house down, and then burning your house down - you no longer need to do what is demanded. An opportunity has appeared.

the whole thesis of the talk is that the mishandling of trade deals by the current administration, lead by donald trump and caused by his tendency to be haphazard, is opening real political possibility.

Trump just kidnapped a foreign leader which violates international AND US law. He is also threatening to do the same in Cuba, Mexico and Columbia as well as just taking Greenland.

At what point is it then necessary? The whole talk is about getting away from this.

It's weird seeing people still having soft spot for trump. Although it's more and more of a "leave the mad grandpa alone! he's ours!".

having a soft spot for politicians period. You're not supposed to like them. You're allowed a "he's ok", or "that was funny" but adoration? ewww.

HN is an anti-Trump fanclub of people who think they know better, while pointing out that worst trait of Trump is that he thinks he knows better, hence the downvotes.

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