• Riddick3001
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    Democrats seek to reassure Europe about post-Trump America

    This whole thing is so awfully awkward and unreal. Maybe I’m being too cynical, but;

    • If Democrats are trying to reassure Europe, that’s a very bad sign
    • If they do that, it’s becasue they feel, need or want to use Europe to get some leverage against Trump
    • Somehow they perceive that Europe can or should save US from itself
    • They are asking Europe because there’s no-one else.

    If anything, its actually a sign of how dire the situation is, because they fear there might not be a democracy left Post-Trump.

    If there is anything I can read into this, it’s best if we all be prepared for the worst.

    Especially, condidering UK send an aircraft carrier to Greenland in context of the Munich Sec Conference and that a noteworthy letter was send to UK & German newspapers, quote:

    " (…), the complexity of threats demands a whole-of-society approach and an honest, continent-wide conversation with the public that defence cannot be the preserve of uniformed personnel alone. It is a task for each and every one of us."

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      the DNC wants to maintain the status quo and not lose elections to more “progressive candidates” so they want EU to bypass that somehow and keep thier positions(either through funding or lobbying certain states?, which they are desperate for donor money.)

      they shouldnt have ENDED THE shutdown so soon, when they were gaining so much political capital from it, now they are seen nothing more than gop-lite.

    • plyth@feddit.org
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      13 小时前

      If anything, its actually a sign of how dire the situation is, because they fear there might not be a democracy left Post-Trump.

      The EU doesn’t speak out for Cuba. Biden lifted sanctions meaninglessly on Cuba in 2025, after he lost the election, and Trump could reinstantiate them.

      Trump is just the bad cop in a good cop, bad cop situation. The situation is much, much more dire because there is not a democracy that could be destroyed.

      Project 2025 was known and European media stayed silent about it instead of informing Americans. The EU doesn’t restrict US social media for its own citizens like they banned RT. Instead Britain and the EU are pushing hard for their own surveillance state.

    • plyth@feddit.org
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      13 小时前

      The letter mentions this treaty. It feels a bit like a split of the EU that this is a bilateral agreement.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_House_Agreement

      Interestingly there is no French or Italian version of the article, while this seems to be a major cooperation .

      The treaty doesn’t mention anything specific whereas the Wikipedia article mentions

      Surveillance flights by the German Armed Forces from Scotland (RAF Lossiemouth)

      Which should be about

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIUK_gap

      like the submarine cooperation with Norway, in German: https://marineforum.online/deutsch-norwegische-u-boot-kooperation/

      It’s not only the Baltics that seems to be in danger.