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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22332949

JD Vance said that ‘American power comes with certain strings attached’

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 days ago (23 children)

These autocrats have always wanted to drop NATO.

Let’s not pretend like X is their reason. Supporting autocracy is their reason, and now they’re trying to come up with excuses to get the public onboard.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago

Yes, but they need to repay the rat elon for all his support during the campaign. This might even be true

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago

This is a key part of fascism, government and industry being one and the same entity.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If ur mean to Elon we leave NATO.

A very hinged take. Thank you Kanye, very cool.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 days ago

Block the lot.

We don't need US far right propaganda.

We have our own.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 days ago

What a coincidence that Elon Musk paid 100+ million for their campaign

[–] [email protected] 134 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Not even in office yet, and already making threats.

I’d like to see Europe tell Vance to fuck off. I suspect that if Europe gives in now, the Trump administration will make this same threat every time Europe does something he doesn’t like.

Trump will be an unreliable NATO ally anyway, so it isn’t much of a risk on Europe’s part.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 days ago

Don't negotiate with terrorists

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

And this was from September so not even elected yet.

Tbh it kinda sounds like they just want to leave NATO regardless.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if he pulls the US out of NATO and the UN, since he hates both organizations.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'd be amazed if he does any of it tbh. Last time he just spent most of it playing golf, and sticking his goofy-ass signature on anything they stick in front of him.

The last thing they want to do is actually deal with the boogeyman issues. If they did that they'll have nothing to campaign on next time.

Most of this will be spent lining their own pockets.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is such an optimistic take. I am very concerned they will spend the next 4 years making sure whatever election we have next is more similar to a Russian “election”.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Why wouldn't they try? They've done everything they could so far and face no repercussions, why not go ahead and try to be king? A few people will fret and tut-tut but if nobody is going to do anything it doesn't amount to much.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

It's going to be a hell of a long 4 years, for America and the rest of the world. Damn.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

They want to do it anyway and just look for excuses to blame others.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

As a European, i say, "Please go ahead." While I like the idea of Nato, I want my politicians to be forced to take action in creating an eu Military and not rely on Nato for defence.

Also out of curiosity, will you guys be deporting immigrants like Elon Musk? Who invalidated their visa.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Something tells me he's not going anywhere.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Doesn't he know that NATO profit US the most?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Was Europe about to regulate Elon Musk's platforms?

[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

And then you get idiots that will tell someone that is not American : "uh why do you care so much about our election, it's not your country"

Well yes your (vice) president is starting to extort the rest of the world before even starting his mandate...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

And there are countries littered with US air bases. Like the one only a few miles from here that regularly houses bombers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

An NATO without the US would be better for the whole world although I know that it's not Vance intention

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

This is the absolute weirdest thing about Trump's governance to me: how sometimes he ends up doing good things for terrible reasons, like when the US redeployed from Syria.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Very much this.

Just look at the TPP. The US tried to write the rules and the rest of the partners said, "No." The US said, "Screw you guys, we're going home!" and stormed off in a snit assuming the deal would fall apart without them but it didn't and it ended up being better without the US imperialist bullshit. Then, US farmers realized that they were getting fucked because the US wasn't part of the deal ([1], [2], [3]) and the US came back demanding to be let in and the US imperialist bullshit restored to the agreement. Once again the partnerd said, "No".

Let's let the US leave whatever they want to leave, renegotiate everything without them, then only let them return under the new terms. The world will be a much better place in the end.

EDIT: Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the TPP because the partners wouldn't be bullied into accepting one-sided andi-competitive, anti-consumer protections for US industry and a dispute resolution process that favoured the US but that the US would ignore when it lost.

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