EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has signed Europe up to a humiliating, unequal trade deal with the United States. The terms dictated by Donald Trump reflect Europe’s vassal status as an increasingly junior partner to US empire.

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    2 months ago

    The EU agreed to expand its militaries not as a concession to the United States, but to buy itself time because it sees the United States as the most likely aggressor against the EU.

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      This. I don’t think Americans get how wary Europeans are of US politics. We’d gladly let the hegemony continue, if US politics wasn’t so insane, but now we see not only threats from the east - but also the west.