Europe is rearming itself.

[fujiyamasan]

45. I'm not quite convinced

They have a lot of major hurdles to get past to match US military or tech supremacy in any way.

Even Europeans would admit they put themselves in this spot. They should have been smarter in realizing they couldn’t always rely on the US for their security.
They sat around getting insulted by the likes of Rumsfeld when the US invaded Iraq. Then they continued importing almost all of their natural gas from Russia. Now they’re hopelessly dependent on the US for natural gas (which is probably a weapon Trump will use, just like Putin did a few years ago). He’s a sociopath and wouldn’t care that its winter and people could freeze.

On the positive side, they have invested more in their militaries since 2022. Their defense stocks reflect that.

I hope I’m wrong though and I hope they use all the leverage they have now to force trump to back down. NATO in its current form is likely dead, but a stronger EU military force would be positive step forward for the continent and the world. As we know now, the US is definitely not a force for good globally and for their own sake, I hope other countries are slow and skeptical in trusting the US after this current nightmare is over.