I don't see this as an attack, but rather a push for independence from the US.
I don't want America to be irrelevant, but i don't feel like I can trust them as much as I did before. Both private and in business.
Yeah. I feel great common ground with half of the American people, who share European values such as democracy, right to self defense and striving towards a sustainable future.
It's the other (republican) half which is in power every 4 years which makes cooperation on these issues almost impossible, and you can't just ignore the US every 4 years. We need independence, and the US needs to think about where they want to be as a nation in 20 years.
Why would anyone put so much trust in to the US in the past?
I'm American, an army vet, and proud. Yet, I fail to identify anything other than the US acting in their own self interest since WW2. The list is long, but to name a few, Vietnam, War on terror, mass surveillance network, etc...
People are waxing poetic about an America that never was.
Sure, I really do agree and I didn't mean to romanticize the past. However, there was a time when the self-interests of the EU and the US overlapped much more than they do now. From your point of view, it might seem like nothing has changed dramatically, but from our perspective, it certainly has.
I've noticed this shift both in my professional life and personally. And I'm not talking about just eating up what the media spews in my face, but actual cold, hard and direct consequences I've had to deal with since Trump came into office.
It's the other (republican) half which is in power every 4 years which makes cooperation on these issues almost impossible, and you can't just ignore the US every 4 years. We need independence, and the US needs to think about where they want to be as a nation in 20 years.