• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    They are a greedy nation and poor allies.

    They were great help when Yugoslavia broke down.
    They were also great help, although with some hold backs to help Ukraine, it’s absolutely nonsense to say otherwise.
    The basis for the Europe-USA friendship is also that USA helped enormously way beyond any European country’s ability in WW2. And the Americans actually secured freedom for western Europe, very contrary to the part that Soviet Union occupied.
    USA was also great aid for Europe when the Soviet collapsed, making for instance Poland one of the countries where USA was most popular after that.

    Unfortunately cracks began to appear already with Bush Jr. and the false intelligence on Iraq. And obviously under Trump who threatened to not respect article 5. And obviously now where Trump behaves like a mafia boss.
    But there is no doubt we’d prefer normal relations restored, where USA and allies cooperate on real issues around the world.
    Unfortunately Trump makes normal relations impossible.