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EU slams the door on US in colossal defense plan (www.politico.eu)
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BRUSSELS — United States arms-makers are being frozen out of the European Union’s massive new defense spending plan, which aims to splash the cash for EU and allied countries, according to defense spending plans released Wednesday.

Also left out — for now — is the United Kingdom.

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[–] TheMcG@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i think the trumpists understand perfectly and that's why they're working to destroy it

I honestly think there is a good portion of the fan base who fully drink the koolaid and think other countries are not viable without them. And have forgotten or not understood America is the world police by their own choice

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yup, so many of my fellow Americans simply don't understand literally anything about diplomacy and soft power. No concept of the give and take, fully fail to understand that we've burned allies and simply won't be invited to the table as often if at all.

[–] TheMcG@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

The complete abandonment of 100+ years of building soft and hard power globally has certainly been a wild choice.