• Valmond@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      18 days ago

      Europe doesn’t put social programs to the chopping block appease Trump.

      That’s just conspiracy think.

      • humanspiral@lemmy.caOPM
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        18 days ago

        a 150% increase in military budgets (going from 2% to 5%) isn’t easy, and I’ve seen no one recommend tax increases to pay for it. Only calls for destruction of social programs.

        • Valmond@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          18 days ago

          The title still is a lie.

          We do not chop up social programs to apease trump.

          How come you want it to be true so hard?

          • humanspiral@lemmy.caOPM
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            18 days ago

            While US attacks Europe economically, and demands US weapons purchases, the UK has made such a purchase. EU is appeasing Trump, desperate for a war on Russia for desperate CIA agents and whose political capital depends on CIA support to further enslave EU to US empire. There’s no other option to pay for their sycophancy.

            • Valmond@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              18 days ago

              Wow go see a brain doctor or touch grass man!

              You’re deep down a conspiracy rabbit hole my friend, several things are true (buying stuff from the USA, sometimes slahing social programs) but that doesn’t mean there is a link between them (by the dark hidden secret cabal!).

              We’re just upping defense spending because it went from 7-9% (cold war era) to too low recently because we thought Russia was going to stop being a royal pain in the ass. Which they didn’t.

            • BCsven@lemmy.ca
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              18 days ago

              Every country is in overdrive to regain their independence away from relying on the USA, for their own security and sovereignty. Yes money has gone into military spending and there have been other initiatives, but that is not appeasing trump, that is a “hold up buddy, we got to get our foundation established so you can’t wreck us”