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A war with Russia outright in Europe is very unlikely.
Though there is a lot of support for Ukraine in Europe, and Europe needed to present a unified front, there is a lot of sympathy for Russia from Greece, Italy, Hungary, Spain Ireland and Portugal.

But to actually understand that you need to know what is motivating Russia. US interference in Poland, the Radar base and missile placement antagonised them, but they dont have any Colonial goals, what would they gain by invading europe, fuck all, and they wouldnt be able to hold it.

It is true that Eastern Ukrain were largely sympathetic too and culturally "more russian", granted it was mostly because they were propped up by russia economically to support that.

If there were going to be any more land grabs they will be limited to Eastern Latvia which has a similar cultural thing going on.

I mean its obvious there will be reprisals, but that "sure yeah whatever" attitude is quite funny.

I love how they insisted on Charlie Kirk being beatified, but the troops who died serving their country are to be ignored becuase it somehow takes away from Trumps Iran win.

Iran has a lot of problems, but this is pointless murder of civilians. Firing missles blindly into residential targets and schools killing children isnt going to overthrow the government. Nor will calling on its citizens, they are not armed, trained and have very in the little in the way of of resources to combat their government. Any protests have just led to deaths in the thousands.

This accomplishes nothing.

In terms of investment the EU has realised it has to stop having infrastructure tied in with American companies, that will be permanent but its going to take about 5-10 years

Allow me to suggest moving faster than that.

Weapons and defence already started and will increase every year, what i mean is:
All energy, water, electrical, medical etc have quietly been told no more azure, google cloud or AWS. We got a consultation and it was "when can you have extracted non eu services"

I suspect the more innertia or pushback businesses provide, the more aggressive the eu level legislation on this stuff will be.

They dont just want defence independence, they want everything down to Mastercard out of Europe within a decade

In terms of investment the EU has realised it has to stop having infrastructure tied in with American companies, that will be permanent but its going to take about 5-10 years

Being black and Asian American is dismissing the fact that she represented "more of the same" an outsider would have had better odds

That was part of it but she was also continuing very tried and tested voice of the establishment that Biden had represented, there's no appetite for that.
Its the reason AOC had a chance and Harris would have none

AOC was not on the ballot seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party for POTUS in 2024. Joe Biden won the majority of the pledged delegates during the party's primary process, easily beating two (2) other already long forgotten male contenders. But, Biden ended his campaign for reelection before being officially nominated. Then, as per Rule 13J of the party's delegate selection rules, pledged delegates were left free to vote for whoever they wanted to be their candidate. And, after the delegates negotiated among themselves, Kamala Harris was nominated to run for POTUS, without a second national level Democratic Party primary vote being held. So, I'm unaware of any serious possibility where "AOC had a chance" to run for the office, much less become the current POTUS.

But, let me get this straight:

On Tuesday, Election Day, November 5th, 2024, 77,303,568 'Mericans had the choice between a very old, unhealthy looking, white, male, boorish, misogynist, racist, Putin lovin', pedophile friending, twice impeached, economy sinking, COVID-19 pandemic denying, 2020 election losing, failed January 6th insurrection leading, convicted felon, and adjudicated rapist, that was on the ballot with an 'R' after its name, and Vice President Kamala Harris. And, each of those voters said to themselves something to the effect of, "Oh, hell yeah, baby! Gimme some more of that first one! I don't want no "very tried and tested voice of the establishment" politician runnin' no gubernment of mine!

Come on?! Seriously?! Are you really going to go with that?!

Yes because as vile as Trump is he had:
The racists
The disgruntled youth with no hope of ever owning a home in a society that bailed themselves out by sacrificing their kids futures.
The accelerationists and those looking for an outsider.
Conservatives that hold their nose and vote the party.

AoC would have appealed to two of the above groups.

If you keep assuming that every one of his voters was a racist then the same exact thing will happen again next time

That was part of it but she was also continuing very tried and tested voice of the establishment that Biden had represented, there's no appetite for that.
Its the reason AOC had a chance and Harris would have none

It has permanently damaged the US reputation worldwide, you are not seen as an ally or partner any more  just a vague threat and the EU is making active moves to remove all US IT infrastructure from businesses and utilities

The biggest threats you should be paying attention to are not book bans, the Epstein files, or ICE intimidation tactics.

In November, a video circulated reminding members of the armed services that they must not follow illegal orders, and that they are legally obligated to refuse them under long-established precedent.

Trump responded with a meltdown. He called for hangings, branded them traitors, and demanded imprisonment.

The armed services are the government's license to enforce authority. They are not his. They are yours. They belong to the people.

Showing outrage at a military refusing the whims of a ruler, and I mean "dictator" in the textbook sense of unchecked authority, signals an intent to use that force outside the law and against the people themselves.

That is a direct challenge to the presidency as a representative office. It is the language of a ruler, not an elected servant. Your own Caesar moment.

He can pull other levers of government and flood the field with distractions, but if the authority of the people is challenged this way again, it must be shut down immediately and without ambiguity. This is not acceptable.

The reason I've always assumed he was guilty is because trump has never once used it as a negative, not now with the photos not during the cooked hillary phase, when he would latch onto basic, barely substantiated or full rumours for everyone else. it makes me think they Shared the dirt.

If hes willing to stick his dick into the girl at the office while holding the most scrutinised job in the world, he would be willing to "party" on the island.

That all sounds like you are assuming Bill wasn't availing of the services on pedo island