Let's talk about Trump's Greenland stunt backfiring and 100,000 EU troops.... - Belle of the Ranch

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Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about Trump's Greenland stunt backfiring and 100,000 EU troops.

The European Union Defense Commissioner is calling for Europe to build a joint standing military of 100,000 troops. not just increasing funding for the existing militaries but building a common European army. He used the US as an example, saying, "Would the United States be militarily stronger if they had 50 armies on the state's level instead of a single federal army? 50 state defense policies and defense budgets on the state's level instead of a single federal defense policy and budget? If our answer is no, USA would not be stronger, then what are we waiting for?”

How would Europe deal with the politics among nations involved in the joint military? He had an answer for that, too. “The European Security Council could be composed of key permanent members along with several rotational members, including the member state with the council presidency plus the leadership of the EU commission and council presidents. He described a council of 10 to 12 members to quickly discuss and decide.

Picture the UN Security Council, but you know, with their own military. Similar ideas have been suggested throughout the years, but this time it's a little bit different. It's with the backdrop of Trump's threats against Greenland and calls to put EU troops in Greenland to counter the US. We need to be clear on a couple of things. In geopolitics, numbers don't magically line up through coincidence. Trump asks for additional defense spending that matches NATO's expenditures. It's because he wants to match NATO.

The EU wants to raise a 100,000 person standing army. Why? Take a guess at how many troops the US has in Europe. It fluctuates, but it's right around 100,000 troops. This force would replace the need for US troops. And I'm sure some people who believe in American exceptionalism think that's a good thing. Isolationism is great and all of that. Forget the fact that it's that exact weak thinking that led the US into two world wars.

The EU has the economic power to be a major player by itself. Its GDP puts it on par with China, making Russia the weakest player at the major power table. Countries or blocks of countries don't have friends, they have interests. An EU military would not be an allied military following the lead of the US. It would be a competitor military, though not necessarily adversarial. And without bases in Europe, the US would not be a superpower.

I'm sure some are hoping for this because they think it means less US military interventionism, and it might. But it will also mean more by Europe and Russia because they have their own interests they'll want to pursue. And with a weak United States, they'll act.

Trump's moves, forget his moves, just his rhetoric, are shaping up to weaken the United States to the point that it isn't a superpower and that Europe, the US, China, and Russia are sitting at the table, carving up the rest of the world. This will eventually lead to the type of military conflict we've been successful in avoiding since 1945. If Trump waits to adjust course, it'll be too late. Once this army is formed, the US is on the downward slide.

Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.