"One of the things I'm proudest that we've done in this administration is we've told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can, but the United States is not buying weapons and sending them to Ukraine anymore," Vance said.
    • Malyca@lemmy.zipBannedEnglish
      9·
      5 months ago

      As someone currently trapped in the US, they will absolutely not. They will pretend it isn’t happening just like they are now. If they won’t rise up to save themselves, they will absolutely not rise up to save others. Individualism is the name of the game here, they don’t care until it personally affects them, by which time it’s, of course, too late…

    • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      This just means that the EU is paying for the weapons that the US is sending. Correct me if I am wrong but the US is still doing reconnaissance and they still have their officers in Wiesbaden supporting Ukraine.

        • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          We are not dependent on the middle east for our energy but oil is traded globally. Even the Americans pay more despite exporting oil. Anyways we will always depend on foreign resources no matter the size of our army.

          I doubt that we can get independent from the US anyway. The drones, robot and AI technology is in the hand of the US and the CPUs and GPUs as well, or in the hands of their allies. The US have managed to put the EU in a position that the EU cannot avoid paying for the wars.

            • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
              2·
              5 months ago

              If we get rid of oil and gas, we couldn’t care less how ridiculously expensive it is globally. That’s why renewable energies are doubly important

              Unluckily not every use of oil can be replaced with renewwable sources, from oil you get a lot more than gasoline and petrol.

                • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  So why are we setting it on fire?

                  Because we have not a better alternatives. EV cars are nice, but you need to be able to charge them everywhere and that is still not true (leaving aside the time to recharge since it can be at night) especially in older apartment buildings or homes. Not taking into consideration the ones who would oppose the installation of charger just because. And you need to produce the electricity to charge them.

                  We have better alternatives for transportation and fuel.

                  In the big cities yes, you have a (somewhat) decent public transportation system as alternative.
                  In a small town any sort public transportation system would be not cost-effective and not time-effective.

                  When the time you spend to commute daily using a public transportation system is longer than the one with the car, the car is the obvious choice with all its problems.
                  But even leaving aside the commute to work problem, solvable working from home, a small town has not all the services (like higher grade schools, hospitals, malls, specifics shops) you need and while sometimes you can use a train or a bus, most of the time using a car is way faster.

            • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
              1·
              5 months ago

              How about we take all of this money and do something productive with it?

              How do you get access? The media is US friendly and thus also the politicians.

                • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  But we need LNG and weapons for Ukraine now. And it’s the decision of politicians who support US politics. People say Trump is the reason for US behaviour but I think the US expected the rift years ago and prepared.

  • Hegar@fedia.io
    33·
    5 months ago

    The only thing the trump regime is consistent on is advancing russian foreign policy. Anything else they’ll chicken out, back down, change tack, get bored or give up. But if it furthers the stated goals of the russian federation, republicans will get it done.

    • encelado748@feddit.orgEnglish
      17·
      5 months ago

      Not really true. Trump administration is also consistent on advancing Israel foreign policy. Israel and Russia, so many things in common.

      • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.caEnglish
        13·
        5 months ago

        One thing the Epstein files made very clear is that US lawmakers (particularly the Trump family), Israel, and Russia are all more tightly linked than we previously thought.

    • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      Have you seen Oliver North doing the talk show circuit? That’s what we do with traitors in the US.

  • Paragone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    5 months ago

    I’ve been telling people about Trump’s being Putin’s, NOT Ukraine’s, OR NATO’s, ally, for years ( not necessarily here, but in RL ).

    This was easily forseeable.

    Coulda invested in mitigating the consequences…

    Trump’s breaking of NATO comes next, after his dictatorship, when he annexes Canada.

    Enjoy the weekend…

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