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[โ€“] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i was going to say something like this.

it's like eisenhower's threat to eden but in reverse and just as empty; they'll never threaten profits or capital and they've also made themselves even more depended on the us.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Exactly, it's far more likely that the US dumps Europe than the other way around. I think the US would be very happy if the EU fell apart because then they'd be negotiating with individual countries from a position of absolute power. And the recent policy paper kinds of spells this out https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf