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[–] yiliu@informis.land 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a lot to worry about from a second Trump presidency, but Russia running amok in Europe isn't one of them. They're having enough trouble running amok on the eastern fringes of Ukraine.

[–] ConsciousCode@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't a large part of their trouble that NATO is supplying Ukraine?

[–] yiliu@informis.land 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They didn't start that until the war was well underway, and Russia was already stopped in it's tracks.

Also: much of that hardware is coming from Europe, not the US. Also: if NATO disbanded, Europe would have to ramp up military spending: Trump's big complaint was that France and Germany aren't carrying their weight.

(ed: fix autocorrect error)