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NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere (apnews.com)

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BRUSSELS (AP) — In just one speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week, the most powerful member of NATO has thrown the world’s biggest military alliance into disarray, raising troubling questions about America’s commitment to European security.

Hegseth told almost 50 of Ukraine ’s Western backers on Wednesday that he had joined their meeting “to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.”

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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Obama also laughed at Romney when he said Russia was a threat.

European NATO has stepped up since 2014. Only 6/29 + Germany are the ones slacking. EU has been the leader in handling the Russian invasion contributing more to Ukraine than the US has, while the US has been an unreliable ally under Biden.

That whole selfish argument also fails to recognize the benefits of defense alliances. If the US and EU defend each other instead of playing selfish games, then it becomes cheaper for BOTH OF THEM when it comes to deterring threats like Russia and China. Trump doesn't understand this.

Trumpists live in an alternate reality where EU are lazy socialists that never manage to meet Trump's moving goalposts, while at the same time complaining that they're censoring fascists and racists like Orban and Momika.