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Majority of western Europeans think Trump is threat to peace, survey finds
(www.theguardian.com)
Doesn’t the majority of everyone everywhere think this by now?
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2025
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We’ve been saying this in the U.S. since 2016.
Is that the same 'we' that voted him in again?
A majority of Western Europeans also have a better education than the majority of my fellow American citizens.
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If US commitment to the NATO nuclear umbrella is questioned, Russia will attempt to capitalize on it.
Threats of nuclear action are considerably more believable when there's no threat of nuclear retaliation. Ukraine would never have been invaded if they still had nuclear weapons.
Many europeans always have thought about USA as a threat to peace. The migrants crisis in europe is a direct result of USA fucking up the middle east for decades.
My British Dad, circa 1988: "America's a strange place, they usually do the right thing, but they're a bit nuts... they love guns."
And now we have far-right ultranationalistic movements popping up through Europe as a result.
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Objectively he is.
Majority of western Europeans are paying attention, survey finds
Most if us un the US too, probably.
Both supporters and opponents.
The supporters want violence. Us opponents see that he is pushing for it.
I wish, but if that were the case he wouldn't be in office.
A minority of western Europeans are idiots.
Hi guys, new here on lemmy. Just want to say FKUC Trump!
Welcome, avoid the tankies
I'd rather avoid using the word "tankie" and deal in actual ideas rather than tribalistic pejoratives that bring nobody closer together.
Those words exist for a reason.
The reason being that social media is used to spread russian disinformation at high quantities. So if you see someone praising an imperialist police state full of fascists while claiming some other country is an imperialist police state full of fascists, you can be sure you shouldn't bother debating them since they are being paid to keep repeating the same nonsense. Just call them a tankie and be done with.
Right, let me fill you in, Tankies are people who support authoritarian regimes in Russia, China, North Korea, etc. They're all over Lemmy. Sometimes they're very forthright with their ideologies, other times they try to astroturf and pretend to subtly align with our ideals so that they can influence us to do the following: Harm Western World Powers, Dismantle Democracies, Empower China.
The often use words like Bourgeois and Capitalists, speak of NATO as if it were militaristic imperialism, and oppose nonviolent political reforms of all types. They claim to support communism and/or socialism, but they absolutely will not promote any politicial path to implement those which do not involve overthrowing the state or without weakening "liberals". Note that they do not mean a Liberal party, they mean the concept of liberalism.
Primarily you find them on Lemmy ml, Hexbear, and lemmygrad but you will find them all over. They are here. And they hate you. They want your neighbors to get fed up and kill you or vice versa.
avoid the tankies
Or intentionally piss them off, either works
At this point that's like saying the meteor was a "threat" to dinosaurs
Only western Europeans? I would think eastern Europeans are even more terrified of the implications of Trump being an obvious FSB asset.
They only asked Western Europeans.
If it was only peace lol.
He's a threat the very survival of the specie.
I think at this point for majority of the world, this is common sense now.
You're right damn this is just hitting me. This chain of events has enabled china to take over much of the Pacific islands and other nations they 'claim' are theirs by historical right. The russians will come for the European continent and the usa will make majorly predatory moves on the American continents. Fuck, the entire world has been made unsafe.
Let us know when the eggs fall in price. Then we'll know it was all worth it. Cheers.
Yet support for increased defense spending is limited. I guess there may be a change in attitudes once the Americans enact tarrifs against the EU and/or formally leave NATO.
Most countries have announced increased defense spending with support across the political spectrum and EU defense stocks are one of the few safe havens left during this tariff nonsense. France has offered a nuclear umbrella to its neighbours. Poland is up to 5% GDP on defence. Not sure what you mean by limited support but maybe I misunderstand.
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They don't even have to leave NATO formally, just undermine confidence in article 5 enough that it's no longer a deterrent.
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Read that as: Majority of Western Europeans suspect ocean of containing water.
No shit Sherlock
"The great peacemaker" needs big wars so that he can eventually "make" a peace...
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