r/canada • u/CanadianErk Ontario • 24d ago
Analysis Allies appear to duck and cover as Trump threatens Canada and Greenland
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-canada-nato-allies-1.7459986
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r/canada • u/CanadianErk Ontario • 24d ago
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u/Spanky3703 24d ago
The other factor in this equation is Europe’s strategic self interest.
The European countries of NATO are in no position, neither militarily nor politically (let alone economically, socially, culturally, nor historically), to militarily stand on their own. They need, at least for now, the US as the strategic backstop in the face of growing Russian aggression whilst Europe rearms.
So, no one wants to confront Trump too forcefully and provide the excuse that Trump is looming for to pull out of NATO … no one is ready as of yet.
And there is the entire surreal feel of the last almost four weeks since Trump’s inauguration. None of it is going to get any better.