Europe’s decades-long gamble on American patronage has finally come due, and the bill is a staggering $3.1 trillion. While the US and Russia make a backroom deal, Europe is left holding the check, scrambling to fund a war it can’t win and a peace it didn’t negotiate. European elites now face the humiliating reality of their miscalculation of relying on the US for security.
Meanwhile, Trump wields Europe’s dependence on NATO as leverage to strong-arm trade concessions, proving once again that being America’s ally is a sucker’s bet. The transatlantic partnership was always just a protection racket and Europe just got the invoice. Kissinger’s warning that it’s dangerous to be America’s enemy, but fatal to be its friend echoes louder than ever. Europe, having bet its future on Uncle Sam’s hollow promises, is now reaping the rewards of its own naivety. It finds itself bankrupt, divided, and utterly expendable.
Europe’s decades-long gamble on American patronage has finally come due, and the bill is a staggering $3.1 trillion. While the US and Russia make a backroom deal, Europe is left holding the check, scrambling to fund a war it can’t win and a peace it didn’t negotiate. European elites now face the humiliating reality of their miscalculation of relying on the US for security.
Meanwhile, Trump wields Europe’s dependence on NATO as leverage to strong-arm trade concessions, proving once again that being America’s ally is a sucker’s bet. The transatlantic partnership was always just a protection racket and Europe just got the invoice. Kissinger’s warning that it’s dangerous to be America’s enemy, but fatal to be its friend echoes louder than ever. Europe, having bet its future on Uncle Sam’s hollow promises, is now reaping the rewards of its own naivety. It finds itself bankrupt, divided, and utterly expendable.