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[–] inari@piefed.zip 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Must be tough for him, asking for consent is not something he's used to

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

To be fair, he still hasn't asked. NATO officials have stated they're yet to receive a formal request

All his "requests" have been Truth social ramblings

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 48 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand. Wasn't the turd bragging not long ago about how it has the bestest strongestest military of the world and doesn't need any help from NATO? Why the tamtrum now?

[–] 5715@feddit.org 11 points 4 months ago

Remember the European discourse during the Greenland tantrum - they were trying to leverage peace, sovereignty through saying ...but, but allies. My assumption is that the current tantrum is a response to that, conscious or not

[–] Nobody@anarchist.nexus 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t he ask for China’s help recently? Nothing projects strength like begging for help from the people you supposedly have some grand plan to hinder in some way.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

He's already reduced sanctions on Iranian oil in a flailing attempt to get the price back down a bit.

[–] Elroc@lemmus.org 21 points 4 months ago

Why are the people he stabbed in the back not helping him?

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 20 points 4 months ago

Dunno why, mate, the very people you've threatened with taking their independence from, for "strategic" reasons, now don't want to help you in a war you started completely unnecessarily? That's a real head scratcher...

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Next time build your coalition before going to war. This is all on Trump and Netanyahu. They own this shit.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They'll blame it on democrats somehow

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Somehow ~~Palpatine returned~~ Democrats did it.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 4 months ago

It's all Obamna's fault

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

And maybe don't spend the lead up insulting and/or threatening that potential coalition.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

"Trump says he's been rejected by all of the people he called losers and cheapskates. Considering new insults to get them back on board." That should be the headline big media.

[–] Teknikal@anarchist.nexus 9 points 4 months ago

It's like a school bully crying because nobody came to his birthday party.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

he will use this as an excuse to leave NATO.

a false flag attack will happen with the four stolen USAF drones.

and WW3 will begin soon after.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 9 points 4 months ago

You can't invoke Article 5 if you did the attacking.

[–] Lisk91@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

After everything he did for them. What a bunch of ungrateful bastards! Not even Greenland as conciliatory gift, such a jerks.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 4 months ago

Did they even thank him?

[–] metermatic26@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Right now it is in the interest of other NATO countries to see the US weakened militarily and politically. The US stopped being an ally as soon as Trump threatened to annex Canada and Greenland.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Bully plays victim, film at 11.