sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
He definitely sped up the global energy transition and pushed Europe to set up their own tech companies and military factories so they won't have to buy American anymore. I'm not sure how that fits in with America First, but it's a great development for the rest of the world. Credit where credit is due!
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@NerdyPotato Well... I guess that there's more for America if they aren't having to support Europe anymore???
@HootyTheNightOwl yep, that way they can throw their troops into more illegal and pointless wars without a plan.
@NerdyPotato Now, that sounds like a plan...
Northwest · M
Trump has helped in some ways
Anything useful?
@H1raeth how did raising taxes on working Americans help? (Tariffs are paid by consumers in the country that applies them, not by countries they are applied to.)
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
like the party of race and division.
the party that put everyone into little boxes aught to fix this 'racism' yes?..
the party that put everyone into little boxes aught to fix this 'racism' yes?..
H1raeth · 41-45, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Are you a trump hugger?
Waveney · M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout
like the party of race and division.
The Republicans. Yep.
bijouxbroussard · F
Elessar · 31-35, M
@Mindful European governments historically preferred to rely on the USA than sitting down on a table and accepting to come up with a joint EU-wide defense framework, by showing that the USA cannot be trusted, Trump involuntarily kickstarted the process that otherwise would've stalled indefinitely. Things are moving slowly but they're definitely moving. Think of Europe as a massive rock, it's very hard to move it due to the inertia caused by the fact that the decisional process is complicated/slow, but it's also very hard to stop it once it starts rolling, still because of that inertia, and the acceleration curve is exponential.
In the long term it's bad news for the USA because this dependency Europe has on them is maybe the most significant anchor for the American economy and position as a world power. It means Europe gets a lot more decisional autonomy too, American companies can be banned or regulated much more easily if the USA doesn't have the "do it and we'll withdraw troops from your eastern flank" card at their disposal. This card had already significantly weakened the moment Russia revealed their hand in Ukraine, and proved it isn't the threat for the continent it was for long believed to be.
With energy, the situation is similar. Fossil was for long considered the most stable/reliable fuel, the supply chain disruptions caused first by Russia and by Trump now, and the collateral price spikes, have essentially demolished that long established pillar, that was possibly the main reason why it wasn't being replaced fast enough. With the threat of ending up dry, European powers have massively scaled up the deployment of renewables ever since the Ukraine/Russia war, and the Hormuz situation gave a second massive push to the transition process.
In the long term it's bad news for the USA because this dependency Europe has on them is maybe the most significant anchor for the American economy and position as a world power. It means Europe gets a lot more decisional autonomy too, American companies can be banned or regulated much more easily if the USA doesn't have the "do it and we'll withdraw troops from your eastern flank" card at their disposal. This card had already significantly weakened the moment Russia revealed their hand in Ukraine, and proved it isn't the threat for the continent it was for long believed to be.
With energy, the situation is similar. Fossil was for long considered the most stable/reliable fuel, the supply chain disruptions caused first by Russia and by Trump now, and the collateral price spikes, have essentially demolished that long established pillar, that was possibly the main reason why it wasn't being replaced fast enough. With the threat of ending up dry, European powers have massively scaled up the deployment of renewables ever since the Ukraine/Russia war, and the Hormuz situation gave a second massive push to the transition process.