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Judging by the language and behaviour we've seen so far; I doubt it's at all sophisticated. 'Might is right' and the US should belittle and subjugate others because they can - it's their right and furthermore their duty to the American people! In other words, he's probably a straightforward imperialist.
I don't know the guy though so if anyone can add nuance to that I'd be glad to understand better. If his true feelings are benevolent towards Europe and he's 'merely' frustrated that they're not pulling their weight militarily, then he's got a ham-fisted and harmful way of showing it.
He probably can't grasp how much return the US was getting out of their geopolitical position. Same with the tariffs and humanitarian aid.
I've always been curious exactly how much the US benefited from their geopolitical position. I suspect it's a huge amount and I guess now we'll get to find out.
The amount of soft power the US uses globally is massive, too much and too complex for the current administration to grasp
They only see the primary effects: “we are losing money”
Which is like saying “we are losing money to the grocery store…”
So their response is to stop eating… as if they don’t grasp it’s not LOSING money it BUYING influence.
I have to believe they get this and want to divert that money to their own profits while screaming “efficiency!”
Also they didn’t know that a massive amount of USAID operations are used as CIA covers. It’s a good way to get agents a legitimate reason to be in a country.
The USA national debt is a good proxy measure.
The world outside the USA needed us dollars for petroleum and international trade. One of the major us enterprises has been to supply these funds in exchange for goods and services.
It is currently running at $1T every 100 days.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/01/the-us-national-debt-is-rising-by-1-trillion-about-every-100-days.html
This means the world is selling more to the USA than equal exchange. They take those dollars away and buy oil and other international trade, or they hold the money. The us is being paid to create the currency that is used.
Frankly, the growing national debt is not as big a problem as the alternatives.
It's interesting that the budget of the American military includes social security and retirement plabs, while the europeans don't.
When you say "Europeans don't" which country are you referring to exactly?
Any of the big ones + scandinavia I am sure it is like that, maybe you cound nitpick and find a small one who doesn't.
No need to nitpick because you're comparing apples to oranges, so I'm trying to understand what you even mean by social security and pensions. All the EEA countries provide free or accessible health care and state pensions by the state and/or military. And the reason why you're statement doesn't compute for me is because a lot of the "big ones + scandinavia" are conscription countries that provide everything while you're in service and you would get military pension if you decide to stay in the army professionally after your mandatory time is over.
The information comes from MilitaryRated on youtobe, a finnish military guy that breaks down army costs. In one of his latest videos, he shows that social security and retirement is baked in the usa military budget, but in the EU budgets it is not.
And even if you stay in the army, the retirement is paid by the same entity that pays every retirement. In sweden it is like that anyways and I guess france too so I guess most countries doesn't burden the military budget with that.