If European leaders don’t watch this and realise they need to take control of their own destiny they’re idiots. Several European leaders visited this week bending the knee to try and stave off tariffs. Time to stand up, realise the US is no longer a reliable ally, and start building (on all fronts — military, manufacturing, tech, etc). Given the American people voted for this guy twice — the second time in spite of Jan 6th and multiple indictments against him — there’s no reason to believe the next person they vote in won’t be worse.
Europe is far too reliant on US tech for example. Given US citizens can’t be trusted not to elect a lunatic the US should no longer be relied upon in any capacity.
As a US citizen horrified by the people that voted for Trump, this is my big fear too.
We have never had a weaker president that caused so many self-inflicted wounds.
This administration is shaping up to be self-immolation covered by the veneer of strength, for people that don’t understand what strength is.
The small fraction of Silicon Valley that bent the knee to this narcissist wanna-be-king have shown themselves to be unbelievably weak too. It’s surprising. I have lost so much respect for so many people over the past 6 months, but I fear much more for the future prosperity that we have needlessly destroyed.
Sometimes others can help us express ourselves better than we do.
Context: Zelensky told to leave White House after angry spat with Trump and Vance