"Europe should not fear standing alone if US adopts ‘America First’ policy in 2024, says Belgian prime minister"

De Croo is right, you know.

If he runs, Biden will likely lose the presidency to Trump v2, and the latter, if he carries through with his Project 2025 to reshape the entire federal government in his own image, will plunge the country into a darkness from which it will take years to emerge.

In its current form, NATO will be no more, Trump will share everything with Putin, and Europe will stand alone against both the Amero-Eurasian axis and China.

Europe has no choice but to lead the free world in cooperation with pockets of democracy throughout the rest of the world.

Hyperbole? Until 2016, we laughed at the very idea of Trump. The world could never be that stupid, we said. Reason and common sense will prevail. Oh yes.

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@hesgen

I like the defiant idealism, but wonder what we would actually do, geopolitically.

I don’t think we have the power to pick fights with everyone. Wouldn’t we try to woo China, instead, to pressure the US?

We would probably sell out our principles to contain Russia, and make deals with anyone who can help us, or not harm us.

Hopefully our leaders would not be dumb enough to sell out Ukraine.

I also fear our own Trumpian Far Right would gain from the crisis atmosphere.

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@Akshay It may be involve a robust defensive posture using economic, intelligence and military clout to defend democracy in Europe. That will require a strengthening of EU institutions, and increased defence and security spending.

I too fear crisis psychology and its political fallout.

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