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Originally Posted by Edward64
Trump 1.0 pissed off our European military allies and they're still around 4-8 years later. Yeah, they'll get even more pissed off in 2.0 and they'll become less reliant on us, but that's a good thing.
IMO I'd rather we focus against more recent & existential threats like China. Take the (hypothetical) $50B from NATO and use that money for Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, India etc. I'd toss in UK also since they are a NATO country invested in AUKUS.
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Our allies in Europe got past the first Trump presidency because like most of us, we considered it an anomaly, especially after 1/6. By putting him back in power we are telegraphing to our allies we as a voting public can not be trusted. The damage done will take a generation to repair, if ever.
As for threats like China, we are already screwing that up also. By pulling aid from developing nations we are giving China the perfect opportunity to sweep in and play the long game, something Trump is incapable of grasping because frankly he does not care about the long term health of the nation.
China won the day Trump was elected. They were already winning, this was just the knock out punch. We will never recover from the lead they are going to take in the next 4 years with global relations, AI development, medical research, EVs, etc...