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> What still works in favor of the US is, at least here in Germany, our politicians.

> BY the way, I am much more mad at the Europeans, my own German government(s) especially, than at Trump.

I would go even as far as saying that a significant part of German elites indirectly work for Russians or more generally they are part of the world corruption elite (and I don't mean AfD and BSW, I mean businesspeople and parts of CDU and SPD). Since the end of nuclear plants was announced around 2000, it was quite clear they will have to be replaced, and at least since 2009 (the first Russian gas stop) it was very clear Russia can't be trusted with the one thing (or anything else). But at every turn they managed to delay or destroy effective solutions and instead pushed for Nordstream 2 and so on. And the public let them do that.

Of course it can be much worse (I'm from Slovakia) but the past doesn't give me high hopes for the future.