Most of that might be feasible, but I don't think that any US President could PREVENT the European countries from supplying Ukraine with arms - and it might just tip the balance to get the European NATO countries into the fight alongside Ukraine.
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The risk there is that Putin will threaten a nuclear response on a major EU city and Trump won’t come to their aid (not invoking Article V and thus ending NATO as we know it. No nuclear deterrent from the U.S. will force the EU’s hand bc Poland, the Baltics, and Finland are then fully at risk.
aug 31, 2025, 3:17 pm • 0 0 • view
France would like a word on that nuclear thingy you're mentioning. And when they're done, Great Britain would kindly take their place to talk a bit more on that. And no, those are not US-weapons.
sep 1, 2025, 4:45 am • 0 0 • view
Of course they have weapons (500 or so between them). But UK is reliant on the U.S. to keep their trident launchers operational and France has not historically been interested in threatening its arsenal for other countries. Poland and the Baltics even Germany would be without a shield.
sep 1, 2025, 7:03 am • 0 0 • view
Right..... and you pro-Russia idiot would know this better than someone who has extensive knowledge of the Eu, their workings and their militairy. Off you go!
sep 1, 2025, 7:47 am • 1 0 • view
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sep 1, 2025, 6:59 am • 0 0 • view
And no US in NATO means the limited capabilities of the EU countries will have a very hard time. No meaningful nuclear deterrent. Limited logistics capabilities. No Starlink for EU. Trump can turn off everything: intelligence support via satellites, the GPS network for managing military flights.
aug 31, 2025, 3:20 pm • 0 0 • view
It might also expose that, just as with Putin's military, money that should have been maintaining the Russian nuclear arsenal bought yachts & other toys for Russian oligarchs. Americans might not care how close Alaska is to Russia, but Europe is quite sure Putin is not to be trusted - nor Trump.
aug 31, 2025, 4:11 pm • 0 0 • view