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Not really on a dime. What happened is that since Bush's war on terror, America has been eroding all the good will it gathered in the previous 50 years like there's no tomorrow (and eroding it for meager domestic gains, i may add).
Biden is not the specific problem, American political strife is, if Biden and Trump were gone tomorrow - would everything return to how it was under Obama or before him? Highly doubt that. Any way, Europe should be more independent ANYWAY, whatever happens in Washington. We learned our lessons with Russian gaz, now lets correct the situation with the US, this still means the USA will be the EU closest ally in the world most of the time.
Your saying that like things were better under Trump. You can thank Obama for all the Libyan migrants flooding Europe on Obama, Hilary Clinton and the rest of those G30rg3 S0r0s funded cronies.
Obama was the anomaly. Bush Junior had already destroyed America's credibility and it was a wonder how Obama managed to fool people that the US state wasn't an imperialist pro-Israel pariah
US is simply overstretched. It is entangled all over the world, it is just a matter of time until cracks start to appear. Specially with the huge domestic problems the US faces (drugs, debt, housing etc.) isolationism is a natural response
When you built your system on the ground of extracting value from abroad, you can’t really stop without making your problems even greater. This is what US is facing right now.
@@MetallicReg Then you had better hope that the USA election does not turn out badly. DT moved the US embassy from Tel Aviv, and has stated he has a "great solution" to the Middle East problems. Sounds a lot like someone else's promise to a "problem" in the 1930s.
@@MetallicReg The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
As an American I legit want us to be taken seriously around the world. In my view, America's problem is that we have a seriously uninformed, underinformed and misinformed electorate. Most American's cant name their local mayor let alone their Congressional district or member(s) of Congress. These same people only read headlines (if they read them at all), barely vote every 4 years (there are Federal elections every 2 years btw) and then complain that their votes dont matter. Its extremely depressing. Somehow most American's havent got it through their head that when voter turnout is less than 51% you will always be ruled by the minority. Im not sure how we got here but its not okay.
You live in an illusion that your voice matters, but the two candidates you have are 2 sides of the same coin. Do you think either of them will make any change in regards to Izrael? Because I highly doubt that.
@@Thejericko17 right, single issue. Do you think you'll get healthcare with either candidate? Or mandatory days off? Or maternity leave? Or maybe have a say in what your country does abroad?
Mind Begs the Question: - When Governed by Politicians - Who justify Starvation,Death Camps,Gassing/White Phosphorus,Ethnic Cleansing,etc - Governed by Righteous or Satanic?
If Europe doesnt want to get involved with China then why would the US would get involved with Ukraine? The US could use Macron's quote against Ukraine as well that crisis is Europe's problem not the US
As a european I agree that europe should take a way harsher stance on china than what we have now. One would think that we learned from russia but I guess politicians can be dense as bricks sometimes. But the aid for ukraine is a different matter altogether. American aid to ukriane has no negative impact on their economy at all. All the money that "goes towards ukraine", goes towards their own military industrial complex to build more arms. Thats a lot of jobs and a lot of money in american circulation. Ukraine would have simply gotten the surplus of some weapons that were already in storage. The whole "we cant afford it" act reeked of a political game to make the current biden administration seem as incompetent and irresponsible as possible but the argument doesnt hold water.
yep. But if the europeans really re-arm, or even make peace with Russia, no more book orders for the US military-industrial complex, but far more european competition....and far more protectionnism too.
Americans get involved in Ukraine not because it wants to help the eu, it is doing this for its own strategic self interest. An American once said, there is no permanent friend, just permanent interest.
Ukraine goes, then Russia aims for Poland next. Article 5 triggers. Which means a Nato v Russia war. Which means nukes are coming for cities. That's the difference.
its not that people dont want to take them seriously, its that they cant. The political divide is just far too wide for any reliable policy, trade, or defence deal to survive longer than one presidency. Its like trying to start a relationship with a person that loves you but every 4 years, there is a chance that they start hating your guts and everything you stand for and wants to take time to "focus on themself" 😂
@@gitgudnub443 Then you should be VERY worried at the possibility of a Trump election. If the Republicans take control, they promise to do away with a lot democracy. Just think what NUCLEAR-armed state such as those in the 1930s could do to you and your country.
"Europe has to grow out of the mindset that its problems are the world’s problems but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems"- Jaishankar, India Foreign affairs minister. Europe want everyone to go against Russia and contempt Russia's action but Europe is not ready to criticize china for china's actions
I live in Cambodia and I spend a lot of time in Thailand... virtually all Thai and Khmer people do NOT like China one iota. Cambodia has seen LOTS of investment from China for infrastructure projects, so there is motive for the government to maintain close ties - but local people have a strange relationship with China. There are shared cultural affinities, but the distrust in China politically is palpable. It's worth noting that both Cambodia and Thailand are relying heavily on Chinese tourism, even though the locals have mostly negative opinions of them... money is money.
China is really terrible at soft power. I really do not understand it but the Chinese government does not get it that behaving like a bully doesn't makes you friends.
I am European and I completely agree. I don't trust the Chinese and in my opinion we should trade less with them instead of more. I don't get why our governments always make the same mistake of putting short term business interests over long term national security and independence. As someone from Germany (which is a rather pro-American country), I think that "strategic autonomy" which is always propagated by Macron shouldn't mean that we undermine ties with America only for its own sake.
In my opinion we European don't know why USA is acting so strangely . On one side they want EU to act against China on the other hand they protect their markets against EU Markets also. They also say Ukraine is an European only but are angry if we make more business with China , but with someone we have to make business 🤔
@@Pointi69 What does unfair trade practices have to do with Taiwan and Ukraine? Also, what are you even complaining about. Chinese wage suppression and trade surpluses are undermining European markets as well. Why do you think, for example, German car exports are down significantly in the past couple years? It's only going to get worse from here as China takes up more and more market share of precision manufacturing and advanced technologies. You make no sense.
@@ProtatoFarmer69exactly China massively overproduces and is able to export all across the world lowering the price of other goods and beating out traditional companies in their own home markets then Europeans rather than wanting to insulate themselves from that choose to work with them and bring in more products from China. But at the same time American companies are more than comfortable with producing goods in nations with cheap labor and bringing them here to sell so I don’t know if I have much room to say
That was the Cold War Marshall Plan. We haven't had that in decades. You don't give us free money anymore and I'm not asking for it. In fact some of it actually wasn't free, some of it was a loan. All I want to say is that it's not actually fair, or even rational, if American opinion matters all around the world but European opinion does not matter to Americans.
It's even more ironic that he asks USA not to interfere in Europe business, yet he sees no problem in interfering in Africa's business , and what's also funny is how before the Ukraine situation started they said they don't need USA help and Europe is capable of helping it's self, yet now they begging for USA help and blaming them for not doing enough
@@MDP1702nice arbitrary goal post, still doesn’t leave out Kosovo or the fact that half of Bush’s foreign policy wouldn’t have been achievable without avid European support. But yeah, good job choosing 20 years, since any other number of years would’ve included even more European issues.
@@MDP1702and this is all ironic considering oh yknow, the largest land war since WWII resulting in Europeans begging the world for involvement. Im not even against Atlanticism, Europes just not some innocent bystander in all this.
The ASEAN study did NOT find that more people in the region prefer China over the US. You need to read the study rather than just looking at headlines. I'm surprised at that rookie mistake. The study specifically looked at the attitudes of key business people. In this region many are ethnically Chinese and they certainly don't align with the average person in this region
This channel framed many things oddly in order to defame the US. He called us protectionists for signing the Inflation Reduction Acts which could possibly deindustrialize Europe because we'd be bringing in European countries that are tired of the bureaucracy lol. That's not protectionism.
I’m very pro helping Ukraine but let me get this straight. Europe expects us to help with Ukraine but they do not want to get involved with “conflicts that are not ours” with China. How are any of those conflicts Americans issue then? What makes Ukraine ours but Taiwan not theirs? What a double standard. Sounds like Europe is being Europe first. Taiwan is their problem too. Europe needs to step up and help lead the world.
@@Mohojo i don´t know who want´s it, but it would be beneficial for Russia, if it should happen, since it would put more squeeze on the nations sanctioning them..
We definitely won’t. Don’t even ask. US is the only one that made those „safety guarantees“ - so deal with that on your own. We have our own contracts with Taiwan and we will only follow those.
@@BH-yk5cn We are not in any fights with Russia. And if you mean Ukraine - this is basically also your personal playground that you formed there. So deal with it.
The comment section in these sort videos is always very fun to read through 😂 so much hatred and blind rage. Everybody attacking eachother over politics that we had no hand in creating.
there is no such thing as friends in geopolitics, only temporary allies depending on what suits one's interests. When those countries feel that they need the US again they will immediately go back on being "friends"
Once again, "go watch our other video on the topic", no link in sight. You're meticulous about listing sources in the description, please add links to referred videos as well.
0:31 *I like how TLDR puts 🇦🇲Armenia, 🇦🇿Azerbaijan, 🇬🇪Georgia & 🇹🇷Türkiye (but not 🇨🇾Cyprus) as neither in 'Europe' nor the 'Middle East' specifically 😂*
Because those are Balcan countries. They dont speak arab nor write in arab and have a different culture and not stric with their religion like those middle east countries.
They're a middle ground that was not discussed in the video. The issues at hand in Turkey and the Caucasus are unique, and especially in the latter, see far less U.S. involvement.
@@Americanbadashh It's facts. Even today not even 50% of NATO members can pay the 2% GDP, which is pathetic when bankrupt Greece actually makes the effort!
It's a fact that USA is doing terrible at foreign policy and most countries don't see it as a reliable partner. Their lack of support of Ukraine is a big reason.
@@alcibiadestome9619 "war with russia" it's about defense of Ukraine from an INVASION. And I don't care about the "world" opinion on the war, Ukraine needs to win, end of story. Couldn't give two fucks about what South Africa or India think of this.
At the Budapest Memorandum in 1994, the U$A made a promise to Ukraine that the U$A no longer honors today. The reason for this is Trump and his MAGA cult. The U$A can no longer be trusted. Goodbye U$A!
The US dropping support for a nation being invaded to instead give all its unconditional support to an invader (israel) will always be funny for me for some reason
Good coverage. Insane that US allies like Thailand and Singapore have such huge segments of the population who prefer China, while former US enemies and Chinese allies like Cambodia and Vietnam both prefer the US with huge majorities.
It's that muslim majority. Guarenteed, if US switched its position from supporting Israel to Palestine, the positive shockwaves it'd send to those nations would be instant and immediately align with US interests.
China also invaded (and was also repelled by) Vietnam after the US Vietnam war. Dig back further, and you'll find China has invaded almost everybody in Asia. Westerners have been much more influenced by Chinese propaganda on this issue than have Asians
However, Vietnam and Cambodia’s government both agree that Taiwan belongs to China. They need China’s support. We sell electricity and build infrastructure for them. Now please enlighten me what can US do to support them? Public opinion doesn’t really matter when it comes to geopolitics.
Singapore is honestly still remarkably pro Western for a country that's ethnically over 75% Han Chinese, and that would be disproportionately harmed by the flow of Chinese trade being disrupted.
@@Starlalala-bx4ts public opinion does matter in geopolitics: public opinion drives elections. To your point though, for non-democracies, public opinion has less impact on geopolitics - until you have a revolution
Europe: “We shouldn’t get pulled into crisis that aren’t ours.” Also Europe: “Don’t like Americans not wanting to get pulled into crisis that aren’t theirs.”
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
As long as the USA has cash and weapons is not running out , most countries put statements to save face , different talk behind doors like we don't know how politics works .
I support Ukraine, but imagine how clownish it is to call the problem with China ours alone and saying Europe shouldn't get caught up in it, While simultaneously needing our help with Ukraine and dealing with Russia. You guys wonder why some Americans have problems with Europeans. Your problems are our problems, but our problems are ours alone.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
I have never said that China is just "America's problem not ours" nor have I seen someone else say it like that. I just don't see why you think they are a bigger threat to peace than Russia.
@@AW-zk5qb it is not rational or fair to invalidate criticism of American diplomacy from Europeans. Particularly if it also involves us sending our militaries to help you fight in Iraq or Vietnam. If we join your military interventions, we also have to deal with the same problems of military spending, sending soldiers into battle, and Anti-War opposition, and the worst part is our American allies don't even respect our contrbutions either, you'll always say you that only America made any contributions and that European contributions are not praiseworthy, so you're not grareful either. It is not rational to invalidate criticism if there are also examples of military interventionism that did not achieve good outcomes. Not all interventions were good wars. When they go wrong it achieves nothing, wastes money on military spending, creates anti-war movements and spreads anti-western sentiment. So the next time a European says they don't think a war is a good idea, why don't you ask them why they think it's a bad idea? They might actually be right. But we won't know if you just respond by insulting European nationalities.
Then maybe shut down your bases that are scattered all over Europe and called the 35,000 troops stationed there back home? Cause what's the purpose of your militery bases in Europe if you're not willing to help Europe, your hosts?
@@Kuricang31 they're hosted there to help you 😐 are you stupid? It's to keep you protected and from another world war from starting, if we pulled our troops then it would be entirely your problem 😂 don't act like you're being nice enough to let us be there and in return we should protect you. The entire point is to make it easier to protect you because of your constant infighting and inability to defend yourselves.
Because their skin isn't being melted off by Jewish white phosphorus lol, they live normal lives and aren't genocided on mass while Palestinans are being displaced, murderd and tortured daily. Stop thinking westerners have any moral superiority over China, absolutely the contrary
Why not ?? you people don't care about Uyghurs either. You people care about them because it's was in CHINA. No wonder western in decline support on everything 😂
Half of the world: "America go home! Always trying to influence us!" The other half: "America, HELP US with food, weapons, medicine, education, housing, aid, water, technology!" A decade later, both halves swap opinions.
@@Samo-tm3xr it’s exhausting. Knowing that as an American so much money is being spent on countries that hate us. Europeans mock the US for not having free healthcare, but I want to see what their budget is like after having to order 150 5th generation fighters and 3000 tanks. Under America they have free healthcare and protection, on their own they will have to choose.
@@JuneyP17That's a terrible idea. This would only result in countries trying to find their own solutions to problems without US cooperation, which only makes the US lose international influence.
I 100% agree, Europe not having any functioning militaries that could stand up against Russia truly makes them liabilities. Thank you for showing me the way!
Is that meant for America or it's allies? Because right now, it's America's allies causing it trouble with Israel's war and Europeans unable to build an army.
While it's still a strong currency, the dollar has been losing in reliability in many other countries. Yellow man often hits allied countries with random sanctions and embargoes every now and then.
Actually good that you have mentioned it: This is exactly what is falling right now. If it loses further exchange potential, US will lose its unlimited option of refinancing their debt.
@@finiavanamandresy5460 no it hasn't. Thats all media propaganda && fear mongering . Worldwide dollar usage is still in the high 80 percentage while Chinese Yuan is 3%. All the Major Arab oil countries all have their dollar pegged to the dollar STILL. Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia.
@@MetallicReg The dollar hasn't fallen. Thats all media propaganda && fear mongering . Worldwide dollar usage is still in the high 80 percentage while Chinese Yuan is 3%. All the Major Arab oil countries all have their dollar pegged to the dollar STILL. Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia. The dollar is also performing strong against currencies except the Mexico Peso
As if europe has any choice but to maintain good diplomatic relations with The United States. So long as Europe is dependent on the U.S. for security, good relations are mandatory.
that is just the problem. A lot of us are starting to question if we can actually count on any help from the US if a war breaks out. Personally, i don't think the US would do much if a Baltic country like Estonia was invaded. So we have to act accordingly.
For how much longer do you think that will be true though? European NATO has been increasing its military budget by 30 billion a year for the last couple years, if the trend continues which it will because uncertainty about the future is only going up soon it'll reach 50% of the USA's military budget which is enough to defend yourself when your enemy is "only" Russia which as strong as it may be it's nowhere near as powerful as China is.
We know we can't depend on Europe to do anything meaningful if it isn't in their direct benefit, so why would we get overly invested in European concerns? We tried to get Europe to coordinate with us for years on the Chinaese dumping and exports issue, but nobody was interested. Then, when we took the action we said we were going to, suddenly the CHIPS act was something Europe had all kinds of opinions about. I guess you should have taken that seat at the planning table, Europe.
@@ad_astra46830 billion is literally pennies compared to the U.S. budget. Plus the average European is 50 years old. Good luck building an army with senior citizens lol. You’re not becoming independent of anything 😬
I like how in most online discourse its essentially just assumed that Europe is a good ally or friend to the US in like everyway. The most youll get out of a channel like this or Europeans is like "well, ya know, we could probably think about meeting the 2% GDP spending for NATO.
the problem is that there are a metric ton of contextual issues that make "2% gdp" expenditure a bit difficult and absurd. for starters, Most of the countries that do meet the 2% quota have massive military industrial complexes which funnels a significant portion of their military spending into selling weaponry, and then you got countries like poland who recieves EU funding which gives them enough surplus to freely spend on military expenditures. This shit is even more hypocritical when its made blatantly clear that countries like france and the US are actively fighting over contracts, because they each want to be the primary suppliers of guns and weaponry in order to make more money. so it feels like having mcdonalds and burger kings screaming in your face because you're not consuming enough beef. and then there is the shady fact that a lot of countries to spend large portions of their budget on technological and logistical development which is then funneled into weapons and military research, often in favor of the big military GDP spenders. another major issue is that most countries that do have low GDP spending also have used less military equipment and arms in actual military conflict, whereas the US and France have been waging wars, directly and indirectly, all over the globe. This means that countries wiht lower gdp spending on military see an accumulative effect. Germany has 2500 main battle Tanks. France has only 500. because Germany's military spending wasnt used propping up former colonies. Germany has 250 fighter jets, the UK's royal Airforce has 130.
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516let me help clear this for you. 2 world wars started in Europe. One of the biggest wars atm started in Europe. Russia has its eyes on other NATO countries. You really have no justification to not meet the minimum. Eventual American’s will get tired of funding Europe’s whole defensive force. As for the contracts, that has nothing to do with achieving the aim of 2% GDP. And believe me as an American I would love for my government to slash military spending and spend more on social services. Im all for defending the alliance, but I do think Europes dragging its feet at actually doing anything and has no right to be so critical.
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 When you have to drop a wall of text to justify not meeting a low GDP benchmark for defense contribution, maybe you should reconsider how strong your argument is. My single sentence rebuttal is: Conflict is in your backyard, why would you want to count on somebody else to defend you?
@JG-MV tell that to Israel and some extent Saudi Arabia. the democrats been working hard on stabbing their main middle eastern allies in the fucking back for what? 16 years? giving money to Iran, not pushing back on the Iranian nuclear project, publicly condemning regimes that try to improve (Saudi Arabia specific) desiring little to no reactions upon being attacked (Israel specific)
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
Israel is definitely the main reason behind all this. Although China is by no means squeaky clean, most of the damage it's done was self-inflicted. The US has being invading and bombing (or helping to bomb) other countries and in some cases, removing democratically elected governments. Even though some people forget this, many don't. Also, there's this lack of credibility when it comes to the issue with military aid to Ukraine, where countries like Germany, the UK and the US say they're running low on weapons, and yet always have plenty to send to Israel for its ethnic cleansing campaign.
America literally destroyed Europian industry and now blaming it on china. European countries need to start thinking for themselves. Its now or never. Stop following American policies and stop protecting american intrests
We’ve been “caught up in issues that aren’t ours” for decades. Never mind all the messes we’ve made on our own. Some isolation and self care can be good
@@gitgudnub443 The US still has its trade union with Mexico and Canada which are the only two countries the US really needs as far as trade goes and they're definitely not planning on leaving NAFTA. If you don't count Russia (which you really shouldn't anymore) North America actually has a similar population as Europe despite being only three countries, a much greater economy and a ridiculously larger amount of natural resources and industries. In other words, the US never needed the EU, the EU needs the US.
Please, do not mistake the far left socialists in Wallonia with the whole of Belgium. Parties such as NV-A, OpenVLD or MR are supporters of Israel 🇮🇱🇧🇪
If Europe wont side with America on China because its not their problem then why should the US help Ukraine? Its not Americas problem anyway, its far away in Europe.
Love how our EU "friends" dont want to get entangled with conflicts thst dont effect them... but expect us to jump at a moments notice to help them when it doesnt concern us.
Are you joking? So Afghanistan was our idea? I think it's absolutely true that Europeans + Canada relied way to much on the US and didn't do spend enough in their defense but we were there when we were asked. I mean some dumb countries even followed you in the Iraq bs.
@@USEismydream The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
@skp8748 we've subsidized their defense for the last 40 years. To the point they lead the Libya campaign but they ran out of bombs and asked us to take over.
As I heard from a former CIA agent: “there are no permanent allies, only permanent interests”. What I can derive from this is… there are no “friends” in politics. Only temporary allies when it’s in the best interest of two nations.
The fact that you only mentioned Ukraine once in this whole video is confusing. Ukraine is going to collapse without foreign help, and the United States have not helped Ukraine since the end of 2023. Since USA don't help, Europe should overtake that role, right? But Europe doesn't want to spend their sweet euros. They want to persuade America to get more help for Kyiv.
@thegreatdane3627 no, why would I ignore it out of nowhere? It is the fact that Europe is not as enthusiastic about helping Ukraine as it was on the beginning of the full-scale invasion
@@artemuaxd not sure what you mean? EU has committed something like $60-70B to Ukraine just in the last 3 months? EU aid has only increased year over year. There are now talks about allowing Ukraine to use European weapons to strike inside russia, and maybe even deploying troops to Ukraine.
@@thegreatdane3627 the EU is an entire continent, and they are right at Ukraine's doorstep. The US is one country thousands of miles away. And you omitted something important; MILITARY support is the most important thing. Military support is what keeps Ukraine's military from already capitulating and being part of Russia already. In MILITARY support, the US has given BY FAR the most amount, and many times more than all of the EU combined
While on a personal level, I agree that we europeans should take a harsher stance against china, we havent been freeloading on american defence. There simply was no need for any "defence" until putin decided to have a brain aneurysm. The defence we had in europe was proportional to the threat we faced which was minimal. In fact of everyone in the NATO agreement, the only country to have ever actually invoked Article 5 was america.
@@thegreatdane3627 Then you had better pray DT does not get elected. In Feb 2024 he said if he is President he will "encourage" Russia to attack those NATO countries that do not meet their 2% military contribution. As of Feb 2024, only 11 of the 31 members are meeting that target amount.
Why does EU need US to defend them? Dump the US and just go for peace and trade. Wars can't feed anyone. It will just cause chaos and human casualties.
europe cant pick one because america cant either 🤣thats the fucking problem. The american Political divide is so massive that in one term you can trade with them and interact with them, and in the next they close their borders completely and walk back everything that the previous cabinet did. How in gods name is anyone supposed to work with a government like that?
@@steviechubbs5238 that is such a weird thing to say. Of course some europeans will always be displeased with what america does because different viewpoints exist. Europe isnt politically homogeneous. Its like saying "americans are upset because biden is president. Americans are upset because trump is president. Pick one 🙄" generalizations like these are entirely reductive and meaningless.
@@gitgudnub443 to clarify: Europeans get mad when Americans do anything in service of America. Europeans tend to be very self-centered in terms of policy and news. When's the last time a European leader talked about the crisis at the southern border, American homelessness or the drug crisis? European disregard for American issues is another big thing, especially with the Chinese issues presented here. They think about their bottom line before they think about their ally's words of wisdom
@@gitgudnub443 The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
How childish is this influence game, don't you think? Instead of helping each other to succeed, to create a better world and transition into planetary species, selfish intentions rules the days of our lives...
sadly that wont ever change. Normal everyday people with good intentions lack the sort of selfish ambition that is required to make it to the top in politics. the desire to exert control and be in power is only attractive to selfish and greedy people in the first place 😂
I think you are confusing favoriblity and diplomatic influence with views of economic influence. The Think tank(ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Insitute), which just about every new outlet seems to refrence, noted that China was the "preferred partner" showed 67.5% of respondents feared China's growing economic influence. Concern specifically noted 87% in Vietnam and Myanmar, 80% in Thailand and 75% in the Philippines. Meanwhile over half the respondents stated that the most trusted partners were Japan, the US, and the EU (with Japan being by far the most trusted). So economically those places acknowledge that China is economically influential, not that doesnt mean that they like China or wish to deepen their partnership with China. If anything that shows that they wish to hedge away from China further than they currently are. Also its small sample size of 1300 from a wide swath of people. That region has 700 million people. Technically polling algorithms stat that its going to be accurate to a +- of like 2.5% if it were a single country (like polling across the US). No clue if the math changes if you are doing a wide geographic/diverse cultural population.
I can’t WAIT to see the new “developments” in Europe once America pulls out. I hope the US leaves abruptly when Trump wins. Let’s see how much free healthcare you Europeans have when you have to order weapons to protect YOURSELVES. You’re gonna miss U.S when we’re gone 😉
@@JuneyP17 how would that happen, when the EU has already increased the combined defence budget to $350B in 2024, which is more than russia and china combined? Give it a few years, and it will no longer matter if the US is an ally or not.
@@thegreatdane3627 the EU is a mess, if you think firepower is all you need, you are sadly mistaken. It will take much more than a few years to match the intelligence and surveillance capabilities of the United States for example along with the logistics and coordination of the US military. The sad part is we will still help you and not leave you in the dark while you continue to despise America. 80 years of peace in Europe and this is what we get.
Dunno that I'd use the term "friends", but they've certainly burnt through all the good-will they had accumulated and frustrated many (even among their allies). They are, without a doubt, more diplomatically isolated than I remember ever seeing any American administration.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
With friends like Europeans who needs friends? We spent over a decade warning them about Russia/rebuilding their defense industry and got laughed out of the room, then we get scolded when we don't contribute more for Ukraine to make up for their inability to cover the defensive needs that we warned them about. Maybe Americans are getting tired of being lectured by a bunch of moral busybodies who won't put their money where their mouth is while still acting superior.
lol, you are the ones who have been making a regime change in Ukraine in 2014, to make Russia weak and agressive, so that we need your help and we fullfill the order books of your weapon factories. You will be even more tired, if you saw europeans really re-arm, and then realizing we don't need your help, and then pushing far more competition on the global markets of weapon sales and informatics, while taking more protectionnist measures. All of this would create economic crisis in the US. That is why the US accepted to pay for the protection of the europeans for so long : not out of generosity, no country in the world does that. It's because it's your ticket for influence and domination over Europe. "lecturing and acting superior" : the pot calling the kettle black.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
Exactly, at this point a certain politician hit the mark that maybe at this point Russia should just take Europe, at least the ungrateful brats who can't even pay a small percentage of an agreement. Our patients with certain Europeans is DONE.
@@kate2create738 you may not want Europeans to really re-arm. That could create a lot of competition on the international market of weapons, and that also could drop a lot of Us military-industrial complex book orders. Plus, if really european became more sovereign, they could also start to be more careful of their national interests, and less compliant with the easy access of american firms to their domestric markets. A heavy economic crisis in perspective for the US. Trump saying he'll encourage Russia to invade european countries who don't pay their share, is just words to eat for his supporters. Because if they think they will pay less taxes if european countries all reach their 2 % share of GDP in military budgets, they are for a rude awakeining.
Europe: How can America stand by and do nothing about the Ukraine war?!? Also Europe: Whoa, hang on, we dont want to do anything if Taiwan gets invaded. We shouldn't be getting involved in wars that don't affect us. Never change Europe. 😂
As a Romanian the fact that we don't take a harsh stance against the CCP disappoints and saddens me a lot. I guess profits reign supreme regardless of the risk or past lessons..
Yeah we have a harsh stance towards RU, NK and Iran but not China its really suspicious and we shouldn't be having a relations with autocratic countries
@@wtfdidijustwatch1017 europeans are still friends with the USA because USA is crucial in the fight with russi. it would be illogical for them to distance themselvs from the USA
@@fabiofernandes9122 ah yes very crucial with all that aid they havent been sending to ukraine for the past 2 years🤣😂literally as soon as an actual war breaks out the first thing the american government does is "woo woo we cant afford it" even though the money is being spent on their own military industrial complex... THE POINT ISNT THAT AMERICA IS NOT STRONG. ITS THAT AMERICA IS SO WHIMSICAL WITH ITS SUPPORT. They are completely unreliable because of how divided politically they have become
Why a conflict involving less than 16 million people overall in an area that is 60% desert and about 20k km² gets so much attention when more important issues get shoved aside
American is putting it self first and is trying to be more self sufficient, Europe is doing the same thing like before being reliant on other countries l.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
China has been so coupled with global economy and especially Western countries, that any talk of decoupling or potential sanctions (as a result of potential conflict over Taiwan or over other interests) would likely hurt the West more than China (given they have their own domestic consumption and also friends amongst BRICS+).
Something that also needs to be discussed is how well the Russian’s disinformation campaigns have been. Like that isn’t a factor in the world is an oversight in my opinion.
Well I guess the simple answer is: very successful, I mean even republican politicans say that about their own party. It's also not only Russia, China is also doing the same shit.
No wonder. In most other countries you can expect their foreign policy to stay pretty munch on course. For the US in modern days you haave the risk if them doing a complete 180 every four years
I think the problem started when US alienated the Saudis in the 1st place. The Saudis were the ones who pumped so much oil back in the 80s that caused oil prices to go down (and with it, the Soviet economy, downed economy = nationalist sentiments thus the USSR dissolved). Trump copied Reagan's playbook when he became president and initiating trade war with China, forcing NATO to pay their fair share, giving Javelins to Ukrainians (that's why they knew how to use it before the war), etc. Basically all means of pressure to keep Russia, China, Iran, and NoKor in check. Even if it meant "limited" military action such as killing Iranian General Soleimani. But things went different under Biden. He promised to turn the kingdom into a pariah state over the Khashoggi killing, he delisted Houthis as a terrorist organisation (look who's sabotaging the trade route now). This angered the Saudis who made diplomatic moves to China and lifted economic pressure to Russia (enough for Putin to start a war in Ukraine). With US distracted, this gave Iran through their proxy Hamas an opportunity to sabotage the Israeli-Saudi normalisation deal by attacking Israel on October 7. The problem here is that Dems don't know how to play their cards well, they don't have the pragmatic foreign policy mindset that Republicans have, they appeal to morality for the sake of votes (especially now their voter base is pro-Palestine). MBS and Netanyahu don't want to be bossed around but Bidens keeps imposing American values to them and even orchestrated "political coups" to whomever that don't align with US agenda (such as Pakistan's Imran Khan in 2022 and Netanyahu's removal in 2021 in hope of easing tension and moderating Israeli treatment to Palestinians which is a Democrat policy in the first place). Basically, if you want allies then start respecting countries and their customs whether be it democratic or authoritarian. That's how the US played the game during the Cold War. This reminds me of US policy in Vietnam. Pres. Diem was able to keep the VietCong in check but he was an anti-Buddhist dictator and this doesn't fit Democrat narrative so JFK authorized a coup to oust Diem with Diem himself being killed and when the generals started a power struggle among each other and corrupting the state's coffer, South Vietnam slowly started falling to the Communists with rebels increasing even with US troops arrival. Had Eisenhower or Nixon was the president, things would have turned out different.
Interesting Point, though I think Gaza & Palestine has always been a powder keg that the US choose to ignore when dealing with the middle east. Despite his high rhetoric against the Saudi's during the campaign, Biden actually walked it back once he entered office. He was actually pushing for normalizing relations between the Saudi's and Israel before Oct 7 to unite their two biggest strategic partners in the region. This spurred Iran to ignite Hamas and basically polarizing the entire muslim world against both Israel and the US. The US ignored the Palestine issue for years, and yet naively think that they can normalize Israel relations with the Arab countries without it backfiring. Under most circumstances Iran would probably not chose to empower Hamas, as the two groups also has many ideological differences. But this was preferable than having both Israel & The Saudi's united against them with the US support.
@@kevinooo6675 What both you and @TimeMakerDotPH forget is what happened on 9/11. All of the folks who committed those acts, plus the early one in 1993 were committed by Saudi fundamentalists. Once the USA was no long dependent on Saudi oil, it was over for good. The alliance broke down in 2001 and since then it has been put back together with wire, glue, plaster, & bubble gum, but really cannot go back to the way it was. Since then the USA has moved toward a more radical right-wing. After all, roughly 35% of the US populace is very Islamophobic since 9/11 and another 40% don't give a damn one way or the other about either Palestine or Israel. About 20% of the US populace actually wants Israel to be even MORE brutal.
As a european I am frustrated that ukraine is not getting any aid from america at the moment but that has to do with political infighting in america, and not some double standard. I dont want to blame the entirety of america for being hung up in a political battle between two increasingly polarized political parties. Moreover israel and america have an actual defense agreement but something like that doesnt exist for ukraine. doesnt make whats happening right but that is the situation at the moment
@@gitgudnub443the American public in general isn’t in support of funding any war. When it comes to Israel, 49% of Americans disapprove of Biden’s current support for Israel and his handling of the war in Gaza, only 37% of Americans approve of Biden’s support for Israel and his handling of the war in Gaza. Biden is rapidly losing support from Americans between the age of 18-29 because of his support for Israel. However that is not an indicator wether or not GenZ will defect to Trump. When it comes to Ukraine, at the start of Russias invasion, 70% of Americans supported aid to Ukraine. However, in May of 2023 that number dropped to only 51% of Americans who support aid to Ukraine, and 47% of Americans who disapprove of more aid to Ukraine. Among Republican voters, 65% of registered Republicans don’t want any more aid to Ukraine compared to 18% of registered Democrats who say the same. However, foreign aid isn’t even a top concern for most American voters, among registered voters, atleast 40% of Americans listed the economy is their top concern, followed by the southern border and immigration at around 25%, only about 5%-10% of Americans listed foreign policy as their top concern.
Netanyahu is and has always been like he is right now , trying to blame Russia for everything doesn’t help cover the fact that at the end of the day Netanyahu will always kill Palestinians and start wars just to remain in power.
Stop the cringy "realpolitik I'm so edgy" talk. If there are no friends, only allies, please explain whether you'd prefer going to war to defend the Canadians or the Saudis. Friendship and interests are not mutually exclusive⸺even personally they can actually be indissociable.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
As an American I'm outraged by this UN veto. Biden says he supports a two-state solution, but this goes directly against that. I still support voting for him over Trump but in 2028 we need a candidate who actually believes in the two-state solution on the 1967 borders
Israel Palestine ? that's really the number one issue for the US taxpayer ? it's one thing to say less money for Israel, it's quite another to be obsessed with that bullshit when the streets of your cities are so full of homeless people and when virtually every public sector in the US is in crisis.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US. This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since. But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
I think it will be good for the US to go into political but not financial isolationism. We have a lot of things to fix t home and we are rebuilding quick. Let’s focus on that. Let’s keep the trade going but take a more passive stance on political issues for Europe. They should learn to fight their own battles anyway. In all these years the USA supported EU’s infrastructure build but now they criticize us for pursuing our own? What? Europe being narcissistic is nothing new but they should realise that they will quickly die out without maintaining good relations with the US. China is in it for the money and doesn’t want any obligations and will be quick to take back resources as they please.
the one good thing that came out of brexit is showing everyone else in europe how little sense an exit like that makes 😂guess we can be grateful for that
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There are no ‘friends’ in politics, only allies, and those allegiances can change on a dime.
At least there were people who really took America seriously or America treated it's partners equally
Not really on a dime. What happened is that since Bush's war on terror, America has been eroding all the good will it gathered in the previous 50 years like there's no tomorrow (and eroding it for meager domestic gains, i may add).
I remember studying neorealism for international relations
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Biden is not the specific problem, American political strife is, if Biden and Trump were gone tomorrow - would everything return to how it was under Obama or before him? Highly doubt that. Any way, Europe should be more independent ANYWAY, whatever happens in Washington. We learned our lessons with Russian gaz, now lets correct the situation with the US, this still means the USA will be the EU closest ally in the world most of the time.
Obama caused strife
Your saying that like things were better under Trump.
You can thank Obama for all the Libyan migrants flooding Europe on Obama, Hilary Clinton and the rest of those G30rg3 S0r0s funded cronies.
The EU needs an alliance, not a reliance
Obama was the anomaly. Bush Junior had already destroyed America's credibility and it was a wonder how Obama managed to fool people that the US state wasn't an imperialist pro-Israel pariah
Israel & its influence in various governments (& media) is the problem, not any specific Western politician. #VoteWisely.
Remember, there are no permanent friends, just permanent interests.
I heard that in Shirvan's voice
Not even permanent interests
Always annoying to see Realist proclaim this as if it is some objective truth like a hard science. It's not objectively true.
Caspian report makes this channel seem like a tmz
Nothing is permanent. Including countries. Interests change constantly.
US is simply overstretched. It is entangled all over the world, it is just a matter of time until cracks start to appear. Specially with the huge domestic problems the US faces (drugs, debt, housing etc.) isolationism is a natural response
When you built your system on the ground of extracting value from abroad, you can’t really stop without making your problems even greater. This is what US is facing right now.
@@MetallicReg love really vague comments about something like "extracting value from abroad". Shows you know what you're talking about
@@texmj123 Actually I do, and it really is in no way a rhetorical statement. More like kindly direct.
@@MetallicReg Then you had better hope that the USA election does not turn out badly. DT moved the US embassy from Tel Aviv, and has stated he has a "great solution" to the Middle East problems. Sounds a lot like someone else's promise to a "problem" in the 1930s.
@@MetallicReg The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
As an American I legit want us to be taken seriously around the world. In my view, America's problem is that we have a seriously uninformed, underinformed and misinformed electorate. Most American's cant name their local mayor let alone their Congressional district or member(s) of Congress. These same people only read headlines (if they read them at all), barely vote every 4 years (there are Federal elections every 2 years btw) and then complain that their votes dont matter. Its extremely depressing. Somehow most American's havent got it through their head that when voter turnout is less than 51% you will always be ruled by the minority. Im not sure how we got here but its not okay.
You live in an illusion that your voice matters, but the two candidates you have are 2 sides of the same coin. Do you think either of them will make any change in regards to Izrael? Because I highly doubt that.
@@kamikadzeto7 Im not a single issue voter. I care about more than Israel. Thank you for your comment.
bro you are not a diplomat. stop being delusional with the comments. take care
@@29Manuu the real question is why does it bother you ? 🤣😂. Like, youre over here upset like someone hurt you. Touch grass.
@@Thejericko17 right, single issue. Do you think you'll get healthcare with either candidate? Or mandatory days off? Or maternity leave? Or maybe have a say in what your country does abroad?
Countries don't have friends, they have interests.
This is a good way of putting it
Did you just copy the top comment?
'France has no friends; only interests.' - Charles de Gaulle
Mind Begs the Question:
- When Governed by Politicians
- Who justify Starvation,Death Camps,Gassing/White Phosphorus,Ethnic Cleansing,etc
- Governed by Righteous or Satanic?
France has no friends
If Europe doesnt want to get involved with China then why would the US would get involved with Ukraine? The US could use Macron's quote against Ukraine as well that crisis is Europe's problem not the US
As a european I agree that europe should take a way harsher stance on china than what we have now. One would think that we learned from russia but I guess politicians can be dense as bricks sometimes. But the aid for ukraine is a different matter altogether. American aid to ukriane has no negative impact on their economy at all. All the money that "goes towards ukraine", goes towards their own military industrial complex to build more arms. Thats a lot of jobs and a lot of money in american circulation. Ukraine would have simply gotten the surplus of some weapons that were already in storage. The whole "we cant afford it" act reeked of a political game to make the current biden administration seem as incompetent and irresponsible as possible but the argument doesnt hold water.
yep. But if the europeans really re-arm, or even make peace with Russia, no more book orders for the US military-industrial complex, but far more european competition....and far more protectionnism too.
Americans get involved in Ukraine not because it wants to help the eu, it is doing this for its own strategic self interest. An American once said, there is no permanent friend, just permanent interest.
Then yes screw off America, we have nuclear deterrence too! Sure enough we'll come to a reasonable deal with Russia.
Ukraine goes, then Russia aims for Poland next. Article 5 triggers. Which means a Nato v Russia war. Which means nukes are coming for cities. That's the difference.
"Running out of friends" maybe not, maybe more of a "Not being taken very seriously anymore"
its not that people dont want to take them seriously, its that they cant. The political divide is just far too wide for any reliable policy, trade, or defence deal to survive longer than one presidency. Its like trying to start a relationship with a person that loves you but every 4 years, there is a chance that they start hating your guts and everything you stand for and wants to take time to "focus on themself" 😂
@@gitgudnub443 Then you should be VERY worried at the possibility of a Trump election. If the Republicans take control, they promise to do away with a lot democracy. Just think what NUCLEAR-armed state such as those in the 1930s could do to you and your country.
@@gitgudnub443The U.S tries so hard to larp as a northern european scoial democracy like Norway, it's embarasing. No one believes it.
"Europe has to grow out of the mindset that its problems are the world’s problems but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems"- Jaishankar, India Foreign affairs minister.
Europe want everyone to go against Russia and contempt Russia's action but Europe is not ready to criticize china for china's actions
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@@rjuez00 Be quiet, boy.
I live in Cambodia and I spend a lot of time in Thailand... virtually all Thai and Khmer people do NOT like China one iota. Cambodia has seen LOTS of investment from China for infrastructure projects, so there is motive for the government to maintain close ties - but local people have a strange relationship with China. There are shared cultural affinities, but the distrust in China politically is palpable. It's worth noting that both Cambodia and Thailand are relying heavily on Chinese tourism, even though the locals have mostly negative opinions of them... money is money.
China is really terrible at soft power. I really do not understand it but the Chinese government does not get it that behaving like a bully doesn't makes you friends.
Not that you're saying any thing wrong, but gosh that so messed up
Same for croatia and western europe/us
Same for the Philippines. Filipinos dislike the Chinese intensely!
Well China has the ability to block the Mekong and Salween rivers. Thailand and Cambodia will get thirsty
4:28 I can't believe the ice cream got here too
Europeans "we don't need to get involved with America's issues with China"
also Europeans "Americans need to get involved with our issues with Russia"
I am European and I completely agree. I don't trust the Chinese and in my opinion we should trade less with them instead of more. I don't get why our governments always make the same mistake of putting short term business interests over long term national security and independence. As someone from Germany (which is a rather pro-American country), I think that "strategic autonomy" which is always propagated by Macron shouldn't mean that we undermine ties with America only for its own sake.
In my opinion,Europeans sleepwalk a lot. They need to be more sensitive, shrewd and more strategic
In my opinion we European don't know why USA is acting so strangely . On one side they want EU to act against China on the other hand they protect their markets against EU Markets also. They also say Ukraine is an European only but are angry if we make more business with China , but with someone we have to make business 🤔
@@Pointi69 What does unfair trade practices have to do with Taiwan and Ukraine? Also, what are you even complaining about. Chinese wage suppression and trade surpluses are undermining European markets as well. Why do you think, for example, German car exports are down significantly in the past couple years? It's only going to get worse from here as China takes up more and more market share of precision manufacturing and advanced technologies. You make no sense.
@@ProtatoFarmer69exactly China massively overproduces and is able to export all across the world lowering the price of other goods and beating out traditional companies in their own home markets then Europeans rather than wanting to insulate themselves from that choose to work with them and bring in more products from China. But at the same time American companies are more than comfortable with producing goods in nations with cheap labor and bringing them here to sell so I don’t know if I have much room to say
Honestly if they’re our friends only because we give them money/aid. We are better off without them.
That was the Cold War Marshall Plan. We haven't had that in decades. You don't give us free money anymore and I'm not asking for it. In fact some of it actually wasn't free, some of it was a loan.
All I want to say is that it's not actually fair, or even rational, if American opinion matters all around the world but European opinion does not matter to Americans.
Ironic words from Macron considering all of the European crises the rest of the world gets sucked into time and time again
It's even more ironic that he asks USA not to interfere in Europe business, yet he sees no problem in interfering in Africa's business , and what's also funny is how before the Ukraine situation started they said they don't need USA help and Europe is capable of helping it's self, yet now they begging for USA help and blaming them for not doing enough
Which European crises has the world been sucked into in the last 2 decades? I can name several US ones, few European ones in comparison.
@@MDP1702nice arbitrary goal post, still doesn’t leave out Kosovo or the fact that half of Bush’s foreign policy wouldn’t have been achievable without avid European support. But yeah, good job choosing 20 years, since any other number of years would’ve included even more European issues.
@@MDP1702and this is all ironic considering oh yknow, the largest land war since WWII resulting in Europeans begging the world for involvement. Im not even against Atlanticism, Europes just not some innocent bystander in all this.
@@MDP1702 I bet if you didn't have big daddy America backing you up you would quickly change your tune ;)
The ASEAN study did NOT find that more people in the region prefer China over the US.
You need to read the study rather than just looking at headlines. I'm surprised at that rookie mistake.
The study specifically looked at the attitudes of key business people. In this region many are ethnically Chinese and they certainly don't align with the average person in this region
This channel framed many things oddly in order to defame the US. He called us protectionists for signing the Inflation Reduction Acts which could possibly deindustrialize Europe because we'd be bringing in European countries that are tired of the bureaucracy lol. That's not protectionism.
I’m very pro helping Ukraine but let me get this straight. Europe expects us to help with Ukraine but they do not want to get involved with “conflicts that are not ours” with China. How are any of those conflicts Americans issue then? What makes Ukraine ours but Taiwan not theirs? What a double standard. Sounds like Europe is being Europe first. Taiwan is their problem too. Europe needs to step up and help lead the world.
Every country is suppose to look out for its own people and self interest first, except the US of course.
Europe mostly doesn't want to get dragged into the trade war. Have any European countries even said how they would react in case Taiwan gets invaded?
@@slipperyjohn3144 Who wants a trade war?
@@Mohojo the us is in the middle of a trade war with china. Trump started it and Biden has continued it till now.
@@Mohojo i don´t know who want´s it, but it would be beneficial for Russia, if it should happen, since it would put more squeeze on the nations sanctioning them..
As a runner with no friends myself, this really speaks to me
If the EU does not help Taiwan, then America should stop helping Ukraine.
We definitely won’t. Don’t even ask.
US is the only one that made those „safety guarantees“ - so deal with that on your own.
We have our own contracts with Taiwan and we will only follow those.
@@MetallicReg Good luck fighting off Russia without the USA.
@@BH-yk5cn We are not in any fights with Russia. And if you mean Ukraine - this is basically also your personal playground that you formed there. So deal with it.
@@MetallicReg What nation do you come from?
@@BH-yk5cn It doesn’t really matter as a citizen of an EU country. ;)
I am spread out over several countries.
The comment section in these sort videos is always very fun to read through 😂 so much hatred and blind rage. Everybody attacking eachother over politics that we had no hand in creating.
there is no such thing as friends in geopolitics, only temporary allies depending on what suits one's interests. When those countries feel that they need the US again they will immediately go back on being "friends"
Once again, "go watch our other video on the topic", no link in sight. You're meticulous about listing sources in the description, please add links to referred videos as well.
There's a link in the description to the video...
Bruh they just added that lmao@@jan_adamic
@@LexyLexer I animated & uploaded this video. It was always there.
@@jan_adamic And we have always been at war with east asia.
I swear I saw a notification _yesterday_ on "Is America running out of allies" from tldr
you didnt see nothing... 😅
@@martinmcnicholas5000 no, I also got the notifications too.
it's explained in the pinned post.
@@alanhat5252 yeah but they posted that comment 30 minutes after I did this one
0:31 *I like how TLDR puts 🇦🇲Armenia, 🇦🇿Azerbaijan, 🇬🇪Georgia & 🇹🇷Türkiye (but not 🇨🇾Cyprus) as neither in 'Europe' nor the 'Middle East' specifically 😂*
Because those are Balcan countries. They dont speak arab nor write in arab and have a different culture and not stric with their religion like those middle east countries.
@@blink-oncefeat.multistan1300 why iran speak arab? lol, they are not balkans and they are not in europe , they are in asia
@@adimiryane9577 they don't.
They're in West Asia, hey, not the Balkans, the Balkans are in Southeastern Europe😂
They're a middle ground that was not discussed in the video. The issues at hand in Turkey and the Caucasus are unique, and especially in the latter, see far less U.S. involvement.
It’s not. Europe is finding out they need to pay for their own security. They didn’t honor NATO commitments and took US for granted.
That's pure copium
@@Americanbadashh It's facts. Even today not even 50% of NATO members can pay the 2% GDP, which is pathetic when bankrupt Greece actually makes the effort!
It's a fact that USA is doing terrible at foreign policy and most countries don't see it as a reliable partner. Their lack of support of Ukraine is a big reason.
When it comes to Ukraine the world is little bit split between the lack of support for Ukraine and the push for war with Russia
@@alcibiadestome9619 "war with russia" it's about defense of Ukraine from an INVASION. And I don't care about the "world" opinion on the war, Ukraine needs to win, end of story. Couldn't give two fucks about what South Africa or India think of this.
At the Budapest Memorandum in 1994, the U$A made a promise to Ukraine that the U$A no longer honors today. The reason for this is Trump and his MAGA cult. The U$A can no longer be trusted. Goodbye U$A!
The US dropping support for a nation being invaded to instead give all its unconditional support to an invader (israel) will always be funny for me for some reason
@@alcibiadestome9619 There's no push for a war with Russia... but Putin threatens everyone with escalation as soon as he doesn't get his way.
Good coverage. Insane that US allies like Thailand and Singapore have such huge segments of the population who prefer China, while former US enemies and Chinese allies like Cambodia and Vietnam both prefer the US with huge majorities.
It's that muslim majority. Guarenteed, if US switched its position from supporting Israel to Palestine, the positive shockwaves it'd send to those nations would be instant and immediately align with US interests.
China also invaded (and was also repelled by) Vietnam after the US Vietnam war. Dig back further, and you'll find China has invaded almost everybody in Asia. Westerners have been much more influenced by Chinese propaganda on this issue than have Asians
However, Vietnam and Cambodia’s government both agree that Taiwan belongs to China. They need China’s support. We sell electricity and build infrastructure for them. Now please enlighten me what can US do to support them? Public opinion doesn’t really matter when it comes to geopolitics.
Singapore is honestly still remarkably pro Western for a country that's ethnically over 75% Han Chinese, and that would be disproportionately harmed by the flow of Chinese trade being disrupted.
@@Starlalala-bx4ts public opinion does matter in geopolitics: public opinion drives elections. To your point though, for non-democracies, public opinion has less impact on geopolitics - until you have a revolution
Europe: “We shouldn’t get pulled into crisis that aren’t ours.”
Also Europe: “Don’t like Americans not wanting to get pulled into crisis that aren’t theirs.”
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
As long as the USA has cash and weapons is not running out , most countries put statements to save face , different talk behind doors like we don't know how politics works .
I support Ukraine, but imagine how clownish it is to call the problem with China ours alone and saying Europe shouldn't get caught up in it, While simultaneously needing our help with Ukraine and dealing with Russia. You guys wonder why some Americans have problems with Europeans. Your problems are our problems, but our problems are ours alone.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
I have never said that China is just "America's problem not ours" nor have I seen someone else say it like that. I just don't see why you think they are a bigger threat to peace than Russia.
@@AW-zk5qb it is not rational or fair to invalidate criticism of American diplomacy from Europeans. Particularly if it also involves us sending our militaries to help you fight in Iraq or Vietnam. If we join your military interventions, we also have to deal with the same problems of military spending, sending soldiers into battle, and Anti-War opposition, and the worst part is our American allies don't even respect our contrbutions either, you'll always say you that only America made any contributions and that European contributions are not praiseworthy, so you're not grareful either.
It is not rational to invalidate criticism if there are also examples of military interventionism that did not achieve good outcomes. Not all interventions were good wars. When they go wrong it achieves nothing, wastes money on military spending, creates anti-war movements and spreads anti-western sentiment.
So the next time a European says they don't think a war is a good idea, why don't you ask them why they think it's a bad idea? They might actually be right. But we won't know if you just respond by insulting European nationalities.
Then maybe shut down your bases that are scattered all over Europe and called the 35,000 troops stationed there back home? Cause what's the purpose of your militery bases in Europe if you're not willing to help Europe, your hosts?
@@Kuricang31 they're hosted there to help you 😐 are you stupid? It's to keep you protected and from another world war from starting, if we pulled our troops then it would be entirely your problem 😂 don't act like you're being nice enough to let us be there and in return we should protect you. The entire point is to make it easier to protect you because of your constant infighting and inability to defend yourselves.
Why do Muslim majorities in ASEAN get angry about Palestine but not the Uyghurs?
uyghurs are unfortunately not arabs
@@nassimabenmansourn6248 Neither are South East Asian Muslims, so why would that matter?
Because they hate Jews and Israelis more than they love the Palestinians, and the Chinese are too powerful and scary to rub the wrong way.
Because their skin isn't being melted off by Jewish white phosphorus lol, they live normal lives and aren't genocided on mass while Palestinans are being displaced, murderd and tortured daily. Stop thinking westerners have any moral superiority over China, absolutely the contrary
Why not ?? you people don't care about Uyghurs either. You people care about them because it's was in CHINA. No wonder western in decline support on everything 😂
Half of the world: "America go home! Always trying to influence us!"
The other half: "America, HELP US with food, weapons, medicine, education, housing, aid, water, technology!"
A decade later, both halves swap opinions.
Good point
@@JuneyP17 well you have a point too lol
The 'America help us' countries are most likely dealing with a mess the US created.
@@Samo-tm3xr it’s exhausting. Knowing that as an American so much money is being spent on countries that hate us.
Europeans mock the US for not having free healthcare, but I want to see what their budget is like after having to order 150 5th generation fighters and 3000 tanks. Under America they have free healthcare and protection, on their own they will have to choose.
@@JuneyP17That's a terrible idea. This would only result in countries trying to find their own solutions to problems without US cooperation, which only makes the US lose international influence.
Friends should not be a liability
if you treat a friend as an attack dog to be leashed rather then a person with differing opinions then it's very easy for friends to become one.
I 100% agree, Europe not having any functioning militaries that could stand up against Russia truly makes them liabilities. Thank you for showing me the way!
Is that meant for America or it's allies? Because right now, it's America's allies causing it trouble with Israel's war and Europeans unable to build an army.
All nations
That goes both ways mate
Deja vu...something changed in the matrix.
Is America running out of friends?
The Dollar: Nope😁
While it's still a strong currency, the dollar has been losing in reliability in many other countries. Yellow man often hits allied countries with random sanctions and embargoes every now and then.
Actually good that you have mentioned it: This is exactly what is falling right now. If it loses further exchange potential, US will lose its unlimited option of refinancing their debt.
@@finiavanamandresy5460 no it hasn't. Thats all media propaganda && fear mongering . Worldwide dollar usage is still in the high 80 percentage while Chinese Yuan is 3%. All the Major Arab oil countries all have their dollar pegged to the dollar STILL. Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia.
@@MetallicReg The dollar hasn't fallen. Thats all media propaganda && fear mongering . Worldwide dollar usage is still in the high 80 percentage while Chinese Yuan is 3%. All the Major Arab oil countries all have their dollar pegged to the dollar STILL. Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia. The dollar is also performing strong against currencies except the Mexico Peso
@@KCKnowsBest Not the dollar is falling (yet). Its exchange volume is falling. It is losing its footing as a reserve currency.
As if europe has any choice but to maintain good diplomatic relations with The United States. So long as Europe is dependent on the U.S. for security, good relations are mandatory.
That part
that is just the problem. A lot of us are starting to question if we can actually count on any help from the US if a war breaks out. Personally, i don't think the US would do much if a Baltic country like Estonia was invaded. So we have to act accordingly.
For how much longer do you think that will be true though? European NATO has been increasing its military budget by 30 billion a year for the last couple years, if the trend continues which it will because uncertainty about the future is only going up soon it'll reach 50% of the USA's military budget which is enough to defend yourself when your enemy is "only" Russia which as strong as it may be it's nowhere near as powerful as China is.
We know we can't depend on Europe to do anything meaningful if it isn't in their direct benefit, so why would we get overly invested in European concerns? We tried to get Europe to coordinate with us for years on the Chinaese dumping and exports issue, but nobody was interested. Then, when we took the action we said we were going to, suddenly the CHIPS act was something Europe had all kinds of opinions about. I guess you should have taken that seat at the planning table, Europe.
@@ad_astra46830 billion is literally pennies compared to the U.S. budget. Plus the average European is 50 years old. Good luck building an army with senior citizens lol. You’re not becoming independent of anything 😬
I like how in most online discourse its essentially just assumed that Europe is a good ally or friend to the US in like everyway. The most youll get out of a channel like this or Europeans is like "well, ya know, we could probably think about meeting the 2% GDP spending for NATO.
the problem is that there are a metric ton of contextual issues that make "2% gdp" expenditure a bit difficult and absurd.
for starters, Most of the countries that do meet the 2% quota have massive military industrial complexes which funnels a significant portion of their military spending into selling weaponry, and then you got countries like poland who recieves EU funding which gives them enough surplus to freely spend on military expenditures.
This shit is even more hypocritical when its made blatantly clear that countries like france and the US are actively fighting over contracts, because they each want to be the primary suppliers of guns and weaponry in order to make more money. so it feels like having mcdonalds and burger kings screaming in your face because you're not consuming enough beef.
and then there is the shady fact that a lot of countries to spend large portions of their budget on technological and logistical development which is then funneled into weapons and military research, often in favor of the big military GDP spenders.
another major issue is that most countries that do have low GDP spending also have used less military equipment and arms in actual military conflict, whereas the US and France have been waging wars, directly and indirectly, all over the globe. This means that countries wiht lower gdp spending on military see an accumulative effect.
Germany has 2500 main battle Tanks. France has only 500. because Germany's military spending wasnt used propping up former colonies.
Germany has 250 fighter jets, the UK's royal Airforce has 130.
Then people get mad when you say that the US should reevaluate their relationship with Europe
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516let me help clear this for you. 2 world wars started in Europe. One of the biggest wars atm started in Europe. Russia has its eyes on other NATO countries. You really have no justification to not meet the minimum. Eventual American’s will get tired of funding Europe’s whole defensive force.
As for the contracts, that has nothing to do with achieving the aim of 2% GDP. And believe me as an American I would love for my government to slash military spending and spend more on social services. Im all for defending the alliance, but I do think Europes dragging its feet at actually doing anything and has no right to be so critical.
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516Okay we’ll leave then good luck!
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 When you have to drop a wall of text to justify not meeting a low GDP benchmark for defense contribution, maybe you should reconsider how strong your argument is. My single sentence rebuttal is:
Conflict is in your backyard, why would you want to count on somebody else to defend you?
With a friend like america who need enemies
@JG-MV tell that to Israel and some extent Saudi Arabia.
the democrats been working hard on stabbing their main middle eastern allies in the fucking back for what? 16 years?
giving money to Iran, not pushing back on the Iranian nuclear project, publicly condemning regimes that try to improve (Saudi Arabia specific) desiring little to no reactions upon being attacked (Israel specific)
@JG-MV the inflation reduction act is very meriful of the empire to it's vassal states that are nice to it.
@JG-MV so is nordstream
We have been doing a bad job of reminding the vassals of their true place. Damn the peasants are revolting!
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
US' double standards when it comes to Israel are very hard to defend
Israel is definitely the main reason behind all this.
Although China is by no means squeaky clean, most of the damage it's done was self-inflicted.
The US has being invading and bombing (or helping to bomb) other countries and in some cases, removing democratically elected governments.
Even though some people forget this, many don't.
Also, there's this lack of credibility when it comes to the issue with military aid to Ukraine, where countries like Germany, the UK and the US say they're running low on weapons, and yet always have plenty to send to Israel for its ethnic cleansing campaign.
America literally destroyed Europian industry and now blaming it on china. European countries need to start thinking for themselves. Its now or never. Stop following American policies and stop protecting american intrests
We’ve been “caught up in issues that aren’t ours” for decades. Never mind all the messes we’ve made on our own. Some isolation and self care can be good
tell that to the UK citizens after brexit 😂😂😂😂
@@gitgudnub443the difference I think is that the UK is a tiny irrelevant country with or without the EU, brexit just made it more irrelevant.
@@gitgudnub443 lol. Definitely not the same
@@gitgudnub443 The US still has its trade union with Mexico and Canada which are the only two countries the US really needs as far as trade goes and they're definitely not planning on leaving NAFTA. If you don't count Russia (which you really shouldn't anymore) North America actually has a similar population as Europe despite being only three countries, a much greater economy and a ridiculously larger amount of natural resources and industries.
In other words, the US never needed the EU, the EU needs the US.
@@gitgudnub443America is so much more powerful than Britain. The U.K is puny in comparison and their food is shit.
Please, do not mistake the far left socialists in Wallonia with the whole of Belgium. Parties such as NV-A, OpenVLD or MR are supporters of Israel 🇮🇱🇧🇪
Damn theyre ignoring like half the world on that map
After all US aren't friends with MANY countries
They aren't ignoring half the world, they are talking about us losing our allies. Our allies are a subset of the world's countries.
Yeah even in that front they're failing
@@Darebear691Woah buddy wtf, reported
I said what I said!
If Europe wont side with America on China because its not their problem then why should the US help Ukraine? Its not Americas problem anyway, its far away in Europe.
Love how our EU "friends" dont want to get entangled with conflicts thst dont effect them... but expect us to jump at a moments notice to help them when it doesnt concern us.
Are you joking? So Afghanistan was our idea? I think it's absolutely true that Europeans + Canada relied way to much on the US and didn't do spend enough in their defense but we were there when we were asked. I mean some dumb countries even followed you in the Iraq bs.
Help them when?
@@USEismydream The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
@skp8748 we've subsidized their defense for the last 40 years. To the point they lead the Libya campaign but they ran out of bombs and asked us to take over.
As I heard from a former CIA agent: “there are no permanent allies, only permanent interests”.
What I can derive from this is… there are no “friends” in politics. Only temporary allies when it’s in the best interest of two nations.
The fact that you only mentioned Ukraine once in this whole video is confusing.
Ukraine is going to collapse without foreign help, and the United States have not helped Ukraine since the end of 2023.
Since USA don't help, Europe should overtake that role, right? But Europe doesn't want to spend their sweet euros. They want to persuade America to get more help for Kyiv.
That's pretty much it. Europe wants Ukraine to survive but doesn't want to actually do anything to make that happen.
So you are just going to ignore that EU has donated more than 2x more than the US to Ukraine?
@thegreatdane3627 no, why would I ignore it out of nowhere? It is the fact that Europe is not as enthusiastic about helping Ukraine as it was on the beginning of the full-scale invasion
@@artemuaxd not sure what you mean? EU has committed something like $60-70B to Ukraine just in the last 3 months? EU aid has only increased year over year.
There are now talks about allowing Ukraine to use European weapons to strike inside russia, and maybe even deploying troops to Ukraine.
@@thegreatdane3627 the EU is an entire continent, and they are right at Ukraine's doorstep. The US is one country thousands of miles away. And you omitted something important; MILITARY support is the most important thing. Military support is what keeps Ukraine's military from already capitulating and being part of Russia already. In MILITARY support, the US has given BY FAR the most amount, and many times more than all of the EU combined
So we Europeans have been free loading on American Defence…
Yet are unwilling to assist in their conflicts
While on a personal level, I agree that we europeans should take a harsher stance against china, we havent been freeloading on american defence. There simply was no need for any "defence" until putin decided to have a brain aneurysm. The defence we had in europe was proportional to the threat we faced which was minimal. In fact of everyone in the NATO agreement, the only country to have ever actually invoked Article 5 was america.
What have the US done to defend Europe in the last 30 years?
@@thegreatdane3627 Then you had better pray DT does not get elected. In Feb 2024 he said if he is President he will "encourage" Russia to attack those NATO countries that do not meet their 2% military contribution. As of Feb 2024, only 11 of the 31 members are meeting that target amount.
Why does EU need US to defend them? Dump the US and just go for peace and trade. Wars can't feed anyone. It will just cause chaos and human casualties.
@@thegreatdane3627 other than the entire cold war?
>The Europeans are upset at Americas hawkish foreign policy
>The Europeans are concerned over growing American isolationism
Pick one 🙄
europe cant pick one because america cant either 🤣thats the fucking problem. The american Political divide is so massive that in one term you can trade with them and interact with them, and in the next they close their borders completely and walk back everything that the previous cabinet did. How in gods name is anyone supposed to work with a government like that?
No, it's accurate. Europeans are always upset at everything America does at all times.
@@steviechubbs5238 that is such a weird thing to say. Of course some europeans will always be displeased with what america does because different viewpoints exist. Europe isnt politically homogeneous. Its like saying "americans are upset because biden is president. Americans are upset because trump is president. Pick one 🙄" generalizations like these are entirely reductive and meaningless.
@@gitgudnub443 to clarify: Europeans get mad when Americans do anything in service of America. Europeans tend to be very self-centered in terms of policy and news. When's the last time a European leader talked about the crisis at the southern border, American homelessness or the drug crisis? European disregard for American issues is another big thing, especially with the Chinese issues presented here. They think about their bottom line before they think about their ally's words of wisdom
@@gitgudnub443 The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
Does OpenAI write the scripts? Serious question.
CIA's version maybe
Always amazing content ❤
How childish is this influence game, don't you think? Instead of helping each other to succeed, to create a better world and transition into planetary species, selfish intentions rules the days of our lives...
sadly that wont ever change. Normal everyday people with good intentions lack the sort of selfish ambition that is required to make it to the top in politics. the desire to exert control and be in power is only attractive to selfish and greedy people in the first place 😂
@@gitgudnub443 indeed, for very long now I've been doing the following thing: enjoying the show, are you with me? I have cold beers in the fridge. 🤡
Wasn't that their whole plan since like Trump? America first, America Second & Netherlands second?
🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
Grab 'em by the pony.
That's been their plan since the 18th century
I think you are confusing favoriblity and diplomatic influence with views of economic influence.
The Think tank(ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Insitute), which just about every new outlet seems to refrence, noted that China was the "preferred partner" showed 67.5% of respondents feared China's growing economic influence. Concern specifically noted 87% in Vietnam and Myanmar, 80% in Thailand and 75% in the Philippines. Meanwhile over half the respondents stated that the most trusted partners were Japan, the US, and the EU (with Japan being by far the most trusted). So economically those places acknowledge that China is economically influential, not that doesnt mean that they like China or wish to deepen their partnership with China. If anything that shows that they wish to hedge away from China further than they currently are.
Also its small sample size of 1300 from a wide swath of people. That region has 700 million people. Technically polling algorithms stat that its going to be accurate to a +- of like 2.5% if it were a single country (like polling across the US). No clue if the math changes if you are doing a wide geographic/diverse cultural population.
It’s time for America to pull out of nato, get out of Southeast Asia, and leave the Middle East alone.
Let’s start with leaving nato
I can’t WAIT to see the new “developments” in Europe once America pulls out. I hope the US leaves abruptly when Trump wins. Let’s see how much free healthcare you Europeans have when you have to order weapons to protect YOURSELVES.
You’re gonna miss U.S when we’re gone 😉
@@JuneyP17 good luck competing against china without all the soft-power and influence around the world 😄
@@thegreatdane3627 thank you for the well wishes ! Good luck not getting chewed up and spit out by Russia.
@@JuneyP17 how would that happen, when the EU has already increased the combined defence budget to $350B in 2024, which is more than russia and china combined? Give it a few years, and it will no longer matter if the US is an ally or not.
@@thegreatdane3627 the EU is a mess, if you think firepower is all you need, you are sadly mistaken. It will take much more than a few years to match the intelligence and surveillance capabilities of the United States for example along with the logistics and coordination of the US military. The sad part is we will still help you and not leave you in the dark while you continue to despise America. 80 years of peace in Europe and this is what we get.
Dunno that I'd use the term "friends", but they've certainly burnt through all the good-will they had accumulated and frustrated many (even among their allies). They are, without a doubt, more diplomatically isolated than I remember ever seeing any American administration.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
Short answer: No. Long answer: No.
International relations in peacetime are very different to wartime.
It’s never peacetime for America though.
@@mma93067What war is the US engaged in right now?
@@CedarHunt maybe not directly, but there are still proxy wars.
Israel, Myanmar, Sudan, Burkina Faso to name a few
@@CedarHuntIn most of them to be precise. War is the main business of US since around 100 years.
@@MetallicReg So you shouldn't have any difficulty naming one.
"there have always been some differeces in foreign policy between the parties" i see, TLDR has never encountered the blob of American foreign policy
With friends like Europeans who needs friends? We spent over a decade warning them about Russia/rebuilding their defense industry and got laughed out of the room, then we get scolded when we don't contribute more for Ukraine to make up for their inability to cover the defensive needs that we warned them about. Maybe Americans are getting tired of being lectured by a bunch of moral busybodies who won't put their money where their mouth is while still acting superior.
lol, you are the ones who have been making a regime change in Ukraine in 2014, to make Russia weak and agressive, so that we need your help and we fullfill the order books of your weapon factories.
You will be even more tired, if you saw europeans really re-arm, and then realizing we don't need your help, and then pushing far more competition on the global markets of weapon sales and informatics, while taking more protectionnist measures. All of this would create economic crisis in the US.
That is why the US accepted to pay for the protection of the europeans for so long : not out of generosity, no country in the world does that. It's because it's your ticket for influence and domination over Europe.
"lecturing and acting superior" : the pot calling the kettle black.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
You are a typical example of why america has no friends lol
Exactly, at this point a certain politician hit the mark that maybe at this point Russia should just take Europe, at least the ungrateful brats who can't even pay a small percentage of an agreement. Our patients with certain Europeans is DONE.
@@kate2create738 you may not want Europeans to really re-arm. That could create a lot of competition on the international market of weapons, and that also could drop a lot of Us military-industrial complex book orders. Plus, if really european became more sovereign, they could also start to be more careful of their national interests, and less compliant with the easy access of american firms to their domestric markets. A heavy economic crisis in perspective for the US. Trump saying he'll encourage Russia to invade european countries who don't pay their share, is just words to eat for his supporters. Because if they think they will pay less taxes if european countries all reach their 2 % share of GDP in military budgets, they are for a rude awakeining.
I dislike how some things have become partisan in the US on the basis of “my opposition supports that policy, so I must reject that policy”
Europe: How can America stand by and do nothing about the Ukraine war?!?
Also Europe: Whoa, hang on, we dont want to do anything if Taiwan gets invaded. We shouldn't be getting involved in wars that don't affect us.
Never change Europe. 😂
how about officially recognized states should be treated as such and ones that are not should not be treated as such
Paint your hypocrisy however you like. It makes no difference to me. 😂
More like: How come the US can dip out of the war they helped instigate with Russia over Ukraine? This whole operation was your idea.
@@CedarHunt Well don't you think the US not recognizing Taiwan and then treating it as a sovreign state a hypocrasy too?
@@kamikadzeto7 Nope.
Yes, because being the only president in 50 years that hasn’t started a war is a bad thing. 🙄
As a Romanian the fact that we don't take a harsh stance against the CCP disappoints and saddens me a lot. I guess profits reign supreme regardless of the risk or past lessons..
Yeah we have a harsh stance towards RU, NK and Iran but not China its really suspicious and we shouldn't be having a relations with autocratic countries
It's not just about security, it's also about biznit
They do it by themselves
no they are not isolated
Who isn’t?
@@wtfdidijustwatch1017 america.
@@fabiofernandes9122 Oh… how come?
@@wtfdidijustwatch1017 europeans are still friends with the USA because USA is crucial in the fight with russi. it would be illogical for them to distance themselvs from the USA
@@fabiofernandes9122 ah yes very crucial with all that aid they havent been sending to ukraine for the past 2 years🤣😂literally as soon as an actual war breaks out the first thing the american government does is "woo woo we cant afford it" even though the money is being spent on their own military industrial complex... THE POINT ISNT THAT AMERICA IS NOT STRONG. ITS THAT AMERICA IS SO WHIMSICAL WITH ITS SUPPORT. They are completely unreliable because of how divided politically they have become
This is so easy to follow! Kudos!
There are no friends in the international stages, just allies that align with the country's interests.
0:20 ingeniously represented
Why a conflict involving less than 16 million people overall in an area that is 60% desert and about 20k km² gets so much attention when more important issues get shoved aside
Huh?
American is putting it self first and is trying to be more self sufficient, Europe is doing the same thing like before being reliant on other countries l.
American unconditional support to Israel will come to haunt west big time..
After all we have done for them Europe is so ungrateful but looking at there problems they will come crawling back 😂
What did you do for them?
@@skp8748 rebuilt all of Europe after the world war billions and billions of dollars and none of them paid us back for one
@@skp8748 well, to start with, you're not speaking German right now
"Being an enemy of America is dangerous, being a friend of America however is fatal"
Henry Kissinger.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
as an European I just think it’s time for Europe to get its act together and stop being America’s lap dog
I kind of feels that this is more like friends running out of America, not an American btw XD
China has been so coupled with global economy and especially Western countries, that any talk of decoupling or potential sanctions (as a result of potential conflict over Taiwan or over other interests) would likely hurt the West more than China (given they have their own domestic consumption and also friends amongst BRICS+).
Something that also needs to be discussed is how well the Russian’s disinformation campaigns have been. Like that isn’t a factor in the world is an oversight in my opinion.
Well I guess the simple answer is: very successful, I mean even republican politicans say that about their own party. It's also not only Russia, China is also doing the same shit.
No wonder. In most other countries you can expect their foreign policy to stay pretty munch on course. For the US in modern days you haave the risk if them doing a complete 180 every four years
I think the problem started when US alienated the Saudis in the 1st place.
The Saudis were the ones who pumped so much oil back in the 80s that caused oil prices to go down (and with it, the Soviet economy, downed economy = nationalist sentiments thus the USSR dissolved). Trump copied Reagan's playbook when he became president and initiating trade war with China, forcing NATO to pay their fair share, giving Javelins to Ukrainians (that's why they knew how to use it before the war), etc. Basically all means of pressure to keep Russia, China, Iran, and NoKor in check. Even if it meant "limited" military action such as killing Iranian General Soleimani.
But things went different under Biden. He promised to turn the kingdom into a pariah state over the Khashoggi killing, he delisted Houthis as a terrorist organisation (look who's sabotaging the trade route now). This angered the Saudis who made diplomatic moves to China and lifted economic pressure to Russia (enough for Putin to start a war in Ukraine). With US distracted, this gave Iran through their proxy Hamas an opportunity to sabotage the Israeli-Saudi normalisation deal by attacking Israel on October 7.
The problem here is that Dems don't know how to play their cards well, they don't have the pragmatic foreign policy mindset that Republicans have, they appeal to morality for the sake of votes (especially now their voter base is pro-Palestine).
MBS and Netanyahu don't want to be bossed around but Bidens keeps imposing American values to them and even orchestrated "political coups" to whomever that don't align with US agenda (such as Pakistan's Imran Khan in 2022 and Netanyahu's removal in 2021 in hope of easing tension and moderating Israeli treatment to Palestinians which is a Democrat policy in the first place).
Basically, if you want allies then start respecting countries and their customs whether be it democratic or authoritarian. That's how the US played the game during the Cold War.
This reminds me of US policy in Vietnam. Pres. Diem was able to keep the VietCong in check but he was an anti-Buddhist dictator and this doesn't fit Democrat narrative so JFK authorized a coup to oust Diem with Diem himself being killed and when the generals started a power struggle among each other and corrupting the state's coffer, South Vietnam slowly started falling to the Communists with rebels increasing even with US troops arrival. Had Eisenhower or Nixon was the president, things would have turned out different.
Interesting Point, though I think Gaza & Palestine has always been a powder keg that the US choose to ignore when dealing with the middle east.
Despite his high rhetoric against the Saudi's during the campaign, Biden actually walked it back once he entered office. He was actually pushing for normalizing relations between the Saudi's and Israel before Oct 7 to unite their two biggest strategic partners in the region. This spurred Iran to ignite Hamas and basically polarizing the entire muslim world against both Israel and the US.
The US ignored the Palestine issue for years, and yet naively think that they can normalize Israel relations with the Arab countries without it backfiring. Under most circumstances Iran would probably not chose to empower Hamas, as the two groups also has many ideological differences. But this was preferable than having both Israel & The Saudi's united against them with the US support.
It's not that easy, because Israel has gone too far
@@aurangzeb_art they are doing what the usa tells them to do
@@kevinooo6675 What both you and @TimeMakerDotPH forget is what happened on 9/11. All of the folks who committed those acts, plus the early one in 1993 were committed by Saudi fundamentalists. Once the USA was no long dependent on Saudi oil, it was over for good. The alliance broke down in 2001 and since then it has been put back together with wire, glue, plaster, & bubble gum, but really cannot go back to the way it was. Since then the USA has moved toward a more radical right-wing. After all, roughly 35% of the US populace is very Islamophobic since 9/11 and another 40% don't give a damn one way or the other about either Palestine or Israel. About 20% of the US populace actually wants Israel to be even MORE brutal.
The conflicts in Ukraine and Israel definitely reveal a double standard
As a european I am frustrated that ukraine is not getting any aid from america at the moment but that has to do with political infighting in america, and not some double standard. I dont want to blame the entirety of america for being hung up in a political battle between two increasingly polarized political parties. Moreover israel and america have an actual defense agreement but something like that doesnt exist for ukraine. doesnt make whats happening right but that is the situation at the moment
@@gitgudnub443the American public in general isn’t in support of funding any war. When it comes to Israel, 49% of Americans disapprove of Biden’s current support for Israel and his handling of the war in Gaza, only 37% of Americans approve of Biden’s support for Israel and his handling of the war in Gaza. Biden is rapidly losing support from Americans between the age of 18-29 because of his support for Israel.
However that is not an indicator wether or not GenZ will defect to Trump.
When it comes to Ukraine, at the start of Russias invasion, 70% of Americans supported aid to Ukraine. However, in May of 2023 that number dropped to only 51% of Americans who support aid to Ukraine, and 47% of Americans who disapprove of more aid to Ukraine. Among Republican voters, 65% of registered Republicans don’t want any more aid to Ukraine compared to 18% of registered Democrats who say the same.
However, foreign aid isn’t even a top concern for most American voters, among registered voters, atleast 40% of Americans listed the economy is their top concern, followed by the southern border and immigration at around 25%, only about 5%-10% of Americans listed foreign policy as their top concern.
It's almost like netenyahoo is a russian plant, the dude is basically doing everything to help them.
Netanyahu is and has always been like he is right now , trying to blame Russia for everything doesn’t help cover the fact that at the end of the day Netanyahu will always kill Palestinians and start wars just to remain in power.
chad netanyahu, ruining the US
Stop the cringy "realpolitik I'm so edgy" talk. If there are no friends, only allies, please explain whether you'd prefer going to war to defend the Canadians or the Saudis. Friendship and interests are not mutually exclusive⸺even personally they can actually be indissociable.
Don't bother. All political content is always going be full of delusional “realists"
American Empire is sinking
The USA was always an isolationist before ww2. The USA only has one alliance which was with Morocco
Good
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
Friends. ... they have none....
Europe being upset about an increase in American protectionism is just hilarious. "Wait you can't do that! Only I can do that!"
Yep
That part
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
Europeans need to pick one. Do they support US intervention in the world or not want it? My guess is Europeans want the perfect mix of: the US does all the heavy lifting in guaranteeing European security and giving Ukraine military help, the US goes into the very complex world of geopolitics to fight the bad guys, while the Europeans get to watch from a distance and not need to make the tough choices, so they can criticize US actions from a distance, all while continuing their consistent criticism of the US, as well as repeating anti American cliches to make themselves feel better about their lesser status in the world
As an American I'm outraged by this UN veto. Biden says he supports a two-state solution, but this goes directly against that. I still support voting for him over Trump but in 2028 we need a candidate who actually believes in the two-state solution on the 1967 borders
Israel Palestine ? that's really the number one issue for the US taxpayer ? it's one thing to say less money for Israel, it's quite another to be obsessed with that bullshit when the streets of your cities are so full of homeless people and when virtually every public sector in the US is in crisis.
How much does it cost to vote in the United Nations? Zero@@bretonneux3389
As a Turk, I agree with you for the first time. It is right to think that America is running out of friends because of America's wrong policies.
Well not sure if turkey is really better.
The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US.
This is disgusting and Europeans (mostly West Europeans) need to be called for this. No other country will ever be as good as the US, as the most prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries themselves only exist as they do because of the US; from the Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe after WW2 to consistent US military protection and acting on their behalf since.
But this reaction from many Europeans is a normal coping mechanism from lesser countries when comparing to large powers in the world
Everyone saw how America treated the Kurds.
How?
That cactus in the background is giving me anxiety. Please move it from the edge before it falls.
Edit:spelling
Maybe you need to work on your mental health. I know a great therapist who can help you with your anxiety.
I think it will be good for the US to go into political but not financial isolationism. We have a lot of things to fix t home and we are rebuilding quick. Let’s focus on that. Let’s keep the trade going but take a more passive stance on political issues for Europe. They should learn to fight their own battles anyway. In all these years the USA supported EU’s infrastructure build but now they criticize us for pursuing our own? What? Europe being narcissistic is nothing new but they should realise that they will quickly die out without maintaining good relations with the US. China is in it for the money and doesn’t want any obligations and will be quick to take back resources as they please.
Hallo America. I'll be your friend. Hopefully with benefits.
Oh they will f you regardless of who you are or how you behave. Don’t worry.
Y’all need to push that cactus back a bit before it falls off the shelf. It’s giving me anxiety 😅
jeez you made me see it and now I have anxiety too 😂
countries should not have friends they are not human. they should only have interests.
Don't even have to ask. It's so obvious. 😂😂😂 But they still have a small group or a handful of puppets.
No, just another clickbait title
its an important question to ask. What point in the video did you disagree with?
Here in Europe, we dont really like your military bases... I dont think its clickbait
It's true though the US hegemony over the world is slipping from their fingers
@@EuGeez or the refugee crisis that the american venture into the middle east started in the first place
Nah it's fact, the US is losing its hegemony
As an American I understand we have shown time and time again that we cannot elect competent leaders, I’m surprised it took them this long.
Britain probably has none.
the one good thing that came out of brexit is showing everyone else in europe how little sense an exit like that makes 😂guess we can be grateful for that