Thread by @SteB777

'Donald Trump’s newly appointed defence secretary told allies on his first international trip that the US was no longer “primarily focused” on European security'

Then maybe Europe, should completely re-evaluate its relationship with the US.

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Remember, the primary reason Russia, and before that the Soviet Union, was seen as a threat to Europe, was because of the US domination of Europe. I very much doubt Russia wanted to try and colonise Europe, given its difficulties holding onto Eastern European countries.
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Russia's main interest in continuing to occupy Eastern Europe, after WW2, was as a buffer, against US aggression against it. Without Europe being a puppet of the US, I can't see how Russia or Putin would have seen Europe as a threat to it.
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What would Russia's interest in invading Europe be, if the UK was no longer the US's biggest aircraft carrier, and Europe the US landing craft?

Remember, it is the Trump regime doing this, not Europe suggesting it.
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Trump's vision of the US being Europe's protector, is a bit like how gangsters, view businesses, that it "protects". Being protected by the mafia or some other gangsters, isn't real protection, as the prime danger to those businesses, is from those very same gangsters.
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The main reason Russia invaded Ukraine, was it feared Ukraine becoming part of the US dominated Nato. I doubt Russia and Putin, would see Europe as a threat, if it was no longer so closely allied to the US, which is what the US imposed on Europe.
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I know people will say, but Putin would just roll into Europe. But why? As Putin learned in Ukraine, just rolling into another country, with his outdated army, was not the piece of cake he envisaged. What would be the point of trying to occupy Europe, except as a US buffer?
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It is the Trump regime saying that Europe can no longer rely on the US. Maybe given Trump's hostility to Europe, it's time to re-evaluate Europe's relationship with the US, as that it what has made it a target, for possible Russian aggression i.e. Russia's fear of the US.
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What I've said here, is just for thought. To think outside the box, and to deal with a threat to the rest of the world, from the hostile Trump regime, threatening to impose all sorts of pain on it, if it doesn't kiss the ring of the psychopathic gangster in the White House.
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