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Ol Janx Spirit

(1,016 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 01:44 PM Jan 8

Hopefully. It feels unlikely so long as the Monstrosity-in-chief sits in the Oval, but we can still hope.

I bet there are some serious internal conversations going on among the EU members--especially France and Germany--about what is coming for the rest of the world now that the U.S. has turned into an unreliable partner.

As a result of Emperor Tangerine's lack of support for Ukraine, they were already working more closely together. As a result of his actions in the Caribbean and Pacific they were backing off of intelligence sharing. The action in Venezuela has most certainly gotten them talking about a world where the U.S. is not an ally anymore--but an enemy. They would be remis not to do so.

So, certainly expansion must be on the table in order to shore up greater economic and military force to defend against such a foe.

And the current leaders of the U.S. should never underestimate the EU as a world power. But we have a much better track record of underestimating our foes than overestimating them, so....

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