President Trump Sides With Russia Against the United States.

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barneystinson69 said:

I understand the premise, but honestly Trump's demeanor is concerning. I don't believe that Russia has totally infiltrated the government of the US and has Trump compromised (though I still wouldn't be totally surprised if Putin did have something on Trump), but why is she shitting on his allies in the process? I understand wanting to normalize relations with Russia, and I think the hysteria surrounding Trump's comments at the summit are probably overblown (I've yet to watch it, though from what I heard he blamed both sides for the issues in their relationship?), but why did he have to shit on the EU and Merkel? We all know what the new pipeline is gonna do in giving Russia economic influence over Germany, but why mention it in the first place? I think the whole issue is a total clusterfuck at this point, and honestly I have no clue who to believe any longer. Pretty sad state of affairs these days... sigh*.

My guess is because the EU is, taken together, a stronger economic power and one that doesn't fear to take a stance against the decisions and politics of the US and one where the US just can't use their powers* and impose things on them anymore. Merkel, being the reigning politician of the biggest economy of the EU, is often considered as the leader of the EU from those who have no idea how the EU works. She also happens to be critical on Trumps politics, which might be a reason for Trump to sent those criticism right back at her in some way.

*political, economic or military power, though the latter had not been used or threatened against a (western) European country in any way since WW2. During the reconstruction after WW2 US brought their companies front and center with the Marshall Plan over the existing local companies, hence why the US have so many international brands and why the rest of the world is only catching up since then. It's also the reason why De Gaulle was so adamant to include protection for the farmers into Europe's treaty, the famed CAP or Common Agricultural Policy. During the 1973 War between Israel and their neighbors US forced both France and the UK to stop supporting Syria and Egypt (their former colonies) with weaponry sold long time before the conflict started by threatening to sell their bonds and currencies en masse, which would have collapsed their respective economies. And of course, Until the end of the cold war US made billions every year by selling them weaponry, but the EU has since become self-reliant on that field, though budgets collapsed with the USSR (and is one of the points I agree with Trump that most European countries have to raise their military investment in some way or another).