It´s more interesting to see the hypocrisy among the Europeans than it is to see Trump not wanting to pay the tap for Europes party.
Not to mention it´s interesting to see Germany's role in all this, there are sanctions against Russia, yet Germany is pressuring Denmark and other Nordic countries at the Baltic sea to get them to agree on a gas pipeline that will bypass Ukraine completely. And make Germany even more dependent on Russian gas.
Trump may be a clown, but he has the long end of the stick on this topic.
I was unaware that military defense was a party, and it's amusing that the host who brought the liquor and kept saying " let's keep this party going" now start to complain that the others are drinking the booze and dancing. Also as far as Germany is concerned, Stoltenberg isn't wrong when he said that even during the cold war nations did trade deals that equally benefited nations that were on paper hostile to one another. Even today many nations do some pretty shady stuff just to ensure their access to funds and resources remain. Is it good? Possibly.
A content nation is less likely to do anything hostile towards another nation then one who isn't, and while I personally think the sanctions ought to be respected I can understand why Germany wants that pipeline. For the same reason why I understand that the US keeps backing up Israel and used to put people they wanted in power in nations that had resources the US wanted.
The thing is that the US has the right to demand Europe to start bringing their own booze to the party, but with Trump it's announced for all to see. Including Russia. It doesn't show strength but it shows a fracture that Russia can use to wedge the whole thing apart and when that happens, who do you think will come out on top? A US that's ostracized their European allies, Or Russia whom Europe will then turn to and go " So...wanna party together?"
Well, what Europe has been able to do, feels like a party on America's dime. But you are right, America's previous governments have been weak and not been hard on Europe and demanding that they start paying their own way. So it's about time right?
And ya nations do some pretty shady stuff, which makes it kinda refreshing to have a leader like Trump who speaks his mind and doesn´t go behind closed doors and to a place where nothing will be done. Which is exactly the way to do it, And another point here is that Europe seem to gather together to respond to the pressaure from Trump and also seem more united than ever before. So it´s not all bad and it´s good to see Trump hitting the nail spot on with the Germans, they have long enough played the good guy while their dealings as far from it.
Especially with Ukraine, the only reason anyone cares about them is because they are a major hub for Russian pipelines
You call it refreshing, I call it not being able to do diplomacy.
Diplomacy is useless when it´s behind closed doors.
I thought you guys were for transparency?
You guys?
Anyways, Transparency is good but within reasons. Let's take the situation at hand. Trump is angry cause the EU isn't spending what he sees is a acceptable amount of money on Military defense and instead of bringing it up behind closed doors and come to an arrangement before revealing it to the press and the rest of the world. He waves the dirty laundry out for all to see, including those who sees a benefit for their nations if the entire US-EU alliance falls apart. It also allows them more leverage in attempting to convince various nations to turn away from the UN and thus further fracturing it.
Now maybe this is what you want, the UN and NATO to be dissolved, There are plenty of people that want that for various reasons.
To put diplomacy behind doors in a more simpler therm, If a member of your family does something shocking then you handle it within your family. You don't run out and broadcast on international news that your brother touches himself to your DVD copy of Barb Wire.
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