[whimsicalism]

1. Yes, we are quite literally defending you while doing those things right now.

2. Trump has bad policies yes, although I hadn’t heard anything about an actual military takeover of Greenland.

3. It’s not as if EU doesn’t have tariffs on the Us already, for instance you all are very protective of the auto industry as well as your domestic farmers, just to name a few. I think tariffs are bad policy on both sides of the atlantic

[wolvesechoes]

I love (geo)political takes on HN. Always so naive.

[whimsicalism]

yeah so naive to suggest that the US and EU are allies or that tariffs are bad policy, great contribution to the discussion

[lm28469]

> Yes, we are quite literally defending you while doing those things

Don't forget to register for LA's olympic games you might win the mental gymnastic gold

[whimsicalism]

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303432/total-bilateral-...

we are literally not even on the same continent. france and many others can’t be bothered to spend hardly anything, yet somehow we are terrible allies

[lm28469]

Twice the economy, twice the investment. I fail to see your point, that's exactly how alliance are supposed to work

> france and many others can’t be bothered to spend hardly anything

Hardly anything besides propping up 70% of the EU

https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/18794.jpeg

Also even if you sent 100% of the money collected through tariffs back to the EU through Ukraine, what's the point we're back to square one with extra steps in the middle... The US are serving their own interests, it's totally fine, you don't have to pretend they're sacrificing themselves for the greater good of humanity.

[bbzealot]

That happened during the Biden administration though, now the situation has changed quite drastically