[suddenlybananas]

To be honest, it's so blatantly obvious (especially with the recent meeting of European leaders and Trump) that I find it difficult to understand your surprise. I mean Christ, Europe is teeming with American bases.

[llbbdd]

Yeah I don't know how this isn't just the common understanding of the situation. The EU/UK is constantly working around whatever the US wants to do, and the US does whatever it wants.

[wredcoll]

At the risk of trying for nuance online, therebis a rather large difference between america being (the only) superpower and a country being a vassal.

[falcor84]

raison d'être means "reason for existence" and none of what you said supports that assertion

[lawlessone]

>(especially with the recent meeting of European leaders and Trump)

I got the same impression seeing Trump meet Putin. The US is a vassal state of Russia.