Well that too. Like a country fighting for its survival and sovereignty would just give up because Trump said they should… They fought with nobody helping them in the beginning and they will keep fighting until there is no one left to fight. American help and intelligence is helpful but not decisive in whether they keep fighting. I just wish Trump would spend at least 5 minutes listening to an expert on the issue, is that too much to ask?
So they are probably mostly people who hate immigrant/colored people and want to be able to do so professionally?
Exactly, when people and organizations are selling their American stocks and companies and customers around the world stop buying American, there is less need for dollars. When the demand decreases, the price decrease.
Who are these ICE agents anyway? Asking as a foreigner. Do they have the same authority as police? Are they police? If you refuse or stop them is that obstruction of justice/resisting?
God the Trump admin is such a hot HOT mess… What did they expect? That Russia would just cave? They are so terrifyingly stupid, it genuinely makes me worried and we are only three months into his term…
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Where did you get these numbers? I cannot find any sources to support them. Active personnel of mentioned countries is half to 2/3 of mentioned numbers. And this tells us nothing about these countries ability to produce new personnel.
Also, that’s all on paper. When UK and France discuss a ‘coalition of the willing’ to act as peace keepers in Ukraine they are able to scrape together no more than a few tens of thousands, even though it is believed that 100-200K is required to be a deterring force.
We are talking about a force of several hundreds of thousands to be trained, armed and moved to a front to fight within a few months or at least within a year, in addition to already existing forces, a large part of which are unavailable to train new recruits because they are deployed.
I don’t know that it is quite that bad, I think people will surprise you. Europeans stuck with Ukraine even though it costs and while some are turning their back they are a minority and they consider Ukraine none of the their business.
I think when another NATO or EU country is affected Europeans will see it very differently. It is an existential threat then. Russia wants to paint Europe as decadent and lazy, but Europeans stand firm when it really matters. We’ve proven that with Ukraine.
The bigger problem for Europe is to produce armed forces in the hundreds of thousands within the next few years. Making the hardware and training the soldiers in that small off a time will be difficult.
As for Americans… I don’t really know where we have them. I do think there is a non-negligible chance they will be in a civil war by the end of the decade or the start of the next.
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Let’s just imagine what it would look like if Europe mobilized and armed 160,000 soldiers. The fact that it sees undoable for most tells us how badly situated we are…
Or rather Michelle Obama running for her first term. She is ridiculously popular in polls amongst both democrats and independents. The only downside about her is the fact that she doesn’t want the job, which really just makes her perfect for the job (:
The way I think about is that people like Stubb are OUR assholes and they are useful to keep other’s assholes from hurting us.
We just have keep him and his likes faced outwards, not inwards 😅
Also, I think all politicians disappoint sooner or later, let’s just hope they do netto more good in the end :/
What more precisely do you hate? There is a lot of things to hate about the situation 😅
The closing ties of South Korea, Japan and China, or the Trump situation?
I hate the fact that you have butter yourself all up and rub yourself against Trump and proclaim that he is the greatest thing that ever happened to you in order to get him to not destroy everything for himself and others.
I love the fact that there are other people out there who are capable of doing that and don’t feel shame or discomfort while doing it. People like president Stubb, Nato secretary Rutte and others might just keep things from really turning bad. They are really good at pandering to Trump’s ego. I just hope they don’t end up completely selling themselves out, but I have confidence in that they know the limit.
I didn’t know the three had a free trade agreement, that is quite significant. I wonder how Taiwan feels about that :/
Deeping economic ties seems very vague, but free trade is good for maintaining peace in the region. Too bad US now want to make things worse with the tariffs…
I really do wonder where all this will end. US will likely face an economic recession like we haven’t seen since 2007-2008, maybe even since 1933. Their recession will drag the rest of the world with them. Inflation will probably get back to high levels by summer and styme any economic recovery.
They will also become more isolated diplomatically, since it is impossible to deal with Trump, unless you give more than you get. Everyone will do what they can to be come more independent of US, including military tech, cloud services etc, which will hurt their economy even more.
As the guy who filmed asked: why are they hiding their faces? Seems so shady.
True, but it is oh so satisfying when bad things happen to shitty people. Especially people finding out the true depth of their shitty. Even more satisfying when they complain about it.
Talk about wanting the cake, and eating it…
I’d use my knowledge of history, politics, psychology and science to become an influential advisor to powerful lords and help them conquer the world in exchange for living in luxury.