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Europe can’t defend itself without the US. That’s not the Us saying it that is coming from Europe itself.

All this stuff is mostly grandstanding

> Europe can’t defend itself without the US.

It depends on what exactly Europe needs to defend itself against.

And Europe is quite rightly starting to regard this US-dependence as a problem to be solved without further delay, rather than an eternal and immutable fact of the world.

> This is some top notch r/ShitAmericansSay material, especially Germany "running their mouth" and having bad food.

I'm not American and please, please, please tell me about a german dish that is actually on par with what the French make.

Except that he might be right... if you think there is no chance he's right, you aren't paying attention. These are strange times.

Mm.

One of the criticisms I hear of Merz is that he's not tough enough on Trump; therefore the choice to target Germany at this time, matches a pattern of the target being painted on whoever wants to play nice.