Vice President JD Vance traveled to Greenland to promote President Donald Trump’s claim that America has to have the Danish territory—and that Greenlanders would be more secure under U.S. protection.President Trump “has repeatedly suggested the U.S. should take over Greenland ‘one way or the another...
  • alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    4 days ago

    Europeans are finally increasing their defense spending. Asking them nicely for the last decade didn’t work.

    • MBech@feddit.dk
      2·
      3 days ago

      Sure they’re increasing their defense spending. But not really in the interest of USA.

      USA wanted european defense spending to increase for multiple reasons:

      1. To funnel european money into the american military industrial complex.
      • This isn’t happening right now. Europeans are prioriticing european contractors.
      1. To fight in american wars of agression around the world.
      • Fat fucking chance when USA is threatening wars of agression against NATO countries.
      1. To defend against Russia.
      • With Putin owning Trump, this is now against Trump’s interests.
      • While the threat from Russia is pretty big, they’re not in any way in a position to fight anything bigger than Ukraine.
      • alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
        12·
        3 days ago

        Or, hear me out, maybe the Americans simply didn’t want to pick up the tab for European defense.

        Russia is a much bigger problem for Europe than for the US.