How Trump's 2nd Term Will Change Europe Forever

[@skylineXpert]

We should have woken up years ago, trump or not. We europeans have been too lazy

[@itzdave1249]

I dont want ANYTHING woke in Europe!

[@gewitterhund3164]

Lazy? We made a lot of money with and off Russia. We still do.

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug3450]

Classic European L

[@Scorch428]

Arent you guys socials anyway? Whats the difference?

[@konradreinelt5242]

​@@gewitterhund3164Like many otthers. But for Europeans it's especially crazy, they feed their worst enemy.

[@Snagprophet]

I think whatever Trump thinks or does, he is 100% correct that the EU needs to shoulder more of the military burden. It is wrong that European security, particularly Ukraine's fate, would depend on which person the US elects as their president. If the aid came mostly from the EU and the UK then the US wouldn't have a say in Ukraine's diplomacy.

[@baap2499]

Europe has been leeching off of American tax dollars for many years now. All the while lecturing Americans how EU has a superior (they don't) social security (subsidized by the hardworking American taxes). About time the Americans stop slaving for the racist Europeans. Europe is making the same mistakes it made 80 years ago. Supporting a racist power hungry dictator while Russia has to step in again to clean up the mess.

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

And we should spent it in Europe, not in the US. At least, that's the plan.

[@thetroytroycan]

They should shoulder ALL of the costs. They should be PAYING for our security. In fact, invoice the lazy socialist cowards

[@Lam-ba-Lam]

​@thetroytroycan given how much wealth europe has extracted from the rest of the world, it seems fair they should return some of the wealth they stole

[@Lam-ba-Lam]

​@@thetroytroycangiven how much wealth they extracted from the rest of the world, repayment is only fair

[@altrogeruvah]

As a Greek person, I hate seeing the top EU shot-callers stuck on perpetual bureaucratic limbo and criminal complacency in the guise of civility and refinement. A war is happening right next to us and everyone's like "hmm maybe additional restraint and understanding will solve everything..." while patting themselves in the back for being as useful as a boy scout.

[@gwopgetta2091]

Ungrateful rat. Russia fought over 10 wars to help free Greeks from ottoman and this how you pay them back?

[@teebob21]

"Hmmm. Appeasement didn't work. Maybe we need to try more appeasement?"

[@dougwade1332]

You can help them all you want but for the US we are done

[@anthonyml7]

This is 2 fold, one the over reliance on U.S. support / aid and two not taking the threat of Putin seriously because "it's not our side if Europe" mentality. It seems the majority of Europe is ok with giving up it's Eastern side to Russia. I knew the experiment that was the E.U. was failing but looks like the same can be said for NATO now.

[@agavictoria]

I absolutely agree with you. I'm from Poland and I feel like we're alone grabbing onto the American support. The EU is completely delusional at this point. And you guys in Greece are over worked, especially with the recent Saturdays added to your work week and you still manage to fund your military. But the rest of the EU is just "going green" that's where their focus is. So annoying.

[@froedge]

Normally a fan but as someone who was literally executing the plan to withdraw from Afghanistan in real time, this is quite off. What you aren't understanding here is that there was X plan in place to withdraw ~ May 2021, but when Biden was inaugurated, there were 3 months between January and April that they were revising the plan, which would become plan Y. Weekly we would get updates from Generals explaining to us we are legitimately waiting on the executive branch to make this decision, but oh wait, by April we were in crunch time (due to a 3 month intermission) hence why the withdraw was pushed to August, where the shit show happened. The pause and delay in the original plan due to the new administration actually caused things to go worse than if plan X was carried out. Additionally, as you can tell most of your negative feedback is completely correct in that the Afghan National Army had absolutely 0 desire to fight. Their mission was (generally speaking) get paid by day as an Afghan soldier, get paid by night as Taliban. Again, normally a fan, but this came off as really biased and uninformed. Hard for me to forget as someone who was literally in the middle of it x)

[@caseybuck2718]

Great info!

[@ralphx1564]

Ok, plan X may have caused less embarassment, but most likely still a Taliban victory, right?

[@talancorwell]

Lots of comments saying similar things to you, but your comment was the clearest and most level headed, hats off to you

[@vazquezcarlos]

What changed between the two plans? And would Trump's plan have prevented the Afghan military from also deserting?

[@rob_over_9000]

@@vazquezcarlosI don’t think you can stop someone from deserting if things go sideways, but you CAN prevent them from going sideways by not pulling out expeditiously and leaving a power vacuum for a superior organized force to retake the country in a matter of days.

[@FerociousPancake888]

This timeline is actually legitimately insane.

[@Zomby_Woof]

I find it highly improbable. It should have been pruned a long time ago.

[@darrylbonner7208]

It's already been insane if you throughout history. We’ve been in the intermission period and now the plot is kicking in.

[@jypsridic]

Not really. Anyone who has paid attention to american history would know that we'd eventually get sick of the racism, sexism and authoritarianism and reject it overwhelmingly like we have so many times before. The biggest difference this time is that the democrats convinced themselves and their supporters that they aren't the racist sexist authoritarians. Every time someone learns what those words actually mean and examine the actions of the alt-left they stop voting democrat.

[@EvansBelushi]

Make BAGUETTE Great Again 🥖

[@KurtisC93]

I recently read a comment left on one of T1J's community posts that I thought was brilliant. They posit that the world was actually supposed to end in 2012, but it kept going, and now whoever's in charge of what happens on the "Earth Show" has been struggling to figure out where to take it next. So now they're just throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks.

[@woodsmand]

You assume the Afghan military forces had any interest in fighting the Taliban after the US withdrew, they didn't.

[@fflv_irn]

Agree+

[@snuffeldjuret]

just like syria today they go into the military for a paycheck, not for patriotism

[@Randomodnar123]

This video has the worst and most biased take I ever heard on Biden's mess of Afghanistan withdrawal. Reducing Biden's poor execution of that withdrawal to being Trump's fault is just lazy research at best.

[@KM_Mountain]

@@Randomodnar123 They didn't do that and both of them are culpable for the mess.

[@CK-ne9um]

​@@KM_Mountain Both do hold responsibility. The video however is correct.

[@LeMan12349]

Let’s come back to this in 2029 and see if he’s right

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

He won’t be the political shift across Europe is huge at the moment and nobody can predict rightfully what will happen

[@EvansBelushi]

Lets Go BRANDON 🇨🇳

[@Bob_Smith19]

@@AllanHinde-mb2prIs the shift good or bad in your opinion? From the outside looking in European citizens need to reign in their governments, a lot. They seem to be doing very little that benefits the citizens.

[@maddrone7814]

@@AllanHinde-mb2prwhat shift? The only shift I see is bringing in people from the 3rd world that won’t assimilate into Europe lmfao good luck Oh wait you can’t mention that bc you’ll get arrested

[@Cave_Monkeys]

You can come back by yourself

[@CD-qc6mk]

I remember when Germany laughed at Trump when he told them they were too reliant on Russian natural gas.

[@SacRepublicSC]

They laughed. Then winter came, and the world laughed.

[@vladsch1]

Yes. They should have relied on the much more expensive US LNG. So now that they refused the cheap Russian gas, their economy is independent of Russia and booming. Wait, no. It’s collapsing. How’s that an improvement?

[@dumitrupogolsa7769]

You both hate Germany in fact, judging by your acid comments and fakes about Germany's economy collapsing. In your dreams. Russia's economy is collapsing too, if so.

[@IRGodful]

​@vladsch1 all the money they spent of Nord Stream could have been spent on US natgas nodes and the country would have tackled the issue at its own pace instead of at gunpoint

[@bjkkkoo]

Every US president warned Germany about that, they have not listened for decades, but to be fair for them the economical gain was worth the risk

[@tayzonday]

Sweden and Finland joining NATO is not worth Russia’s current Ukrainian territorial gain, even if Russia keeps the territory.

[@BridgesDontFly]

Ukraine? Is that little Russia?

[@BridgesDontFly]

Dosen't appear like it. Did Ukraine get nukes or find a way to rely on it's self?

[@konradreinelt5242]

​@@BridgesDontFlyOh a putler troll!

[@CatToast7]

Second time I've seen you comment today lol

[@BridgesDontFly]

@@konradreinelt5242 Who's trolling? Is Russia not winning? Is the USA not gonna stop funding in January?

[@capnstewy55]

The fact that most of NATO is unwilling to spend 2.5% of their GDP on defense is super annoying. At least France has a nuclear triad and an aircraft carrier with less than 2% of its GDP...looking at you Germany who still doesn't have an armored brigade.

[@Valfary]

If they could defend themselves then they could be autonomous and denounce war acts like, for example, the US destroying North Stream to bring Germany’s economy down.

[@MarcusMaybenot]

Tbf to Germany, their recent history probably makes military spending a bit of a touchy subject. Especially more closely following WW2, Germany re-arming again would likely have been taken pretty poorly by the rest of the world. I think ultimately that's where it comes from with Germany, it doesn't really matter today but I still think that overall mindset still exists today.

[@naapsulusmurmurusmurmurus2392]

germany 2.5% would be theyr total domination

[@TommyCubed]

​@@MarcusMaybenot Bringing up WW2 after 80 years is fucking insane.

[@hamirpathania3855]

​​@@MarcusMaybenotthey need to get over it just look at Japan. They are holding themselves back take it how you want.

[@kradria]

What many people forget: Pressuring EU countries to spend on military means equipment purchases from US companies they often have to rely on. It's not about total military spending, it's about how it's spent. If EU countries increase spending, they should decouple such spending from the US companies that are the profiteers, but instead invest into domestic company build-up to reduce the real dependency to the US.

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

Yes but US weapons are battle tested world leaders. Not only that but euro gear often has massive amounts of US components inside.

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

We already do, and we should do more. There is absolutely nothing we can't produce in Europe, at least as good or even better. The fact is that we need the Americans , but the Americans need the Europeans just as much. Radar technology, ultra high tech semiconductors technology, money, high end steel etc etc. Stuff that isn't produced and can't be produced in the US but in Europe. China is very much willing to buy European tech to strengthen their military capabilities. Americans are ignorant. We can, and we will strengthen our Europeam military. Money isn't the problem.

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

​@@MA_KA_PA_TIEAmerican military equipment is filled with high tech European made technology. You don't know anything.

[@bicker31]

Europe: systematically removes all reasons why US would care about their defence US: stops caring about European defence Europe: :O how dare you

[@jorgebarriosmur]

Amen!

[@The_Stef]

Your numbers are not correct, or at least incomplete, concerning EU aid. Your $133B figure of EU aid only considers direct bilateral aid and ignores aid rendered by EU institutions. The total EU-aid is estimated to be $176B. And if you expand it to geographic Europe (which includes the UK and others) , the amount is $203B. It's all in the datasheet of the source you're quoting for this video.

[@mijkolsmith]

Does the military spending number change as well or is that all humanitarian spending

[@michaelw7311]

it is better to count by GDP % of the country. E.g for Poland it is 5% GDP where for US and Germany around 1%.

[@timmyturner6817]

It’s a very stupid KZbin channel.

[@woutr9024]

Yet here you are

[@The_Stef]

@@woutr9024 quote: _"Yet here you are"_ Indeed, here I am......

[@bobjohnson3940]

Post WW2 it was understandable that the US would be a large chunk of European security, and it made sense that Europe would encourage that. Sometimes though, in order for history to move on, things have to happen that sort of force it. Times are just changing

[@slazeblaze319]

Post Cold War after the Soviets Lost, Europe Kind of Kicked its feet up and let USA handle Security. Theyve gotten Lazy and Indeed Times Are Changing. Starting in 2025 they need to go back to defending themselves

[@LAndrewsChannel]

USA asserted themselves everywhere around the world and not a single time they did it from the goodness of their heart, they always had something to gain, be it resources or influence. Despite everything Trump says, USA WANTS Europe to rely on them because if they don't, they have no political leverage nor influence over the old continent.

[@DumbTheWise]

I would agree. It’s crazy how countries in the EU will say they want American to stop “policing the world”, but then not invest more into defense. I would love for US to stop policing the world, but that can only happen when the world takes responsibility. If the US were to pull out right now, the world would be screwed. Prices of middle eastern oil would skyrocket because of the subsequent wars and takeovers that would happen to essential routes and oil reservoirs. The global trade would also hurt because of similar reasons. I think allied countries need to spend more on military and we need our military to have integrated bases and train the joint armies accordingly.

[@sneakymitchell7802]

Well WW2 Russia did a lot of work but yes. Having U.S involved in the war. You have to defend two sides which is hard to defend both sides with certain numbers.

[@svampen7782]

@@DumbTheWise after the USSR collapsed there wasnt a need for large militaries in Europe not until 2022.

[@jsominsky]

80 years is a long time to outsource your own defense

[@Welsh7133]

It’s almost as if they were asking for this

[@shacktime]

The U.S. MIC rigged it so in order to benefit itself and inflate its profitability.

[@Mh5280]

It was our decision they didn’t have a choice. lol you should have a better understanding of world history.

[@Zeta4]

It’s really not it’s the lifespan of a single generation

[@jesseking9254]

Europe is an American colony. They are all vassal states. Empires usually don't want their subjects to have large armies

[@dkoodziej2063]

From 🇵🇱: No matter what America does, Europe needs to get serious about Putin and dramatically increase military readiness, including aid to Ukraine. He sees you as his enemy and wants to weaken your society, whether you like it or not. Take our word on this one.

[@JesusOrDestruction]

Polish cope

[@bsmithhammer]

Exactly. "What Europe needs to do" is exactly what Europe needs to do, regardless of who the incoming president is. They continue to kick the can down the road at their own peril.

[@justarandomguy3039]

Why should we Americans pay for your defense?We don't owe you anything Trump should pull us out of Nato we don't have any threat from Russia and we should focus on China

[@dkoodziej2063]

@@JesusOrDestructionour schools actually encourage us to read history. Try it sometime

[@billstencel6713]

Putin is not a monarch. He answers to the rich of Russia

[@websalsero]

It is our responsibility here in Europe to protect our land, not the responsibility of the USA.

[@Rexsuprime]

Due to the promises made by US, they do have some responsibility when it comes to certain countries such as Ukraine. Otherwise they are breaking promises which in turn should evert EU from funding US economy further. US would not be US today without Europe and wise versa. But I do totally agree, there are several countries in EU that have been slacking and lacking and they need to take some responsibility, looking at you Germany, France, Britain, Switzerland, Italy and Spain mainly...

[@websalsero]

@@Rexsuprime Yes, I was also thinking of all this countries you mentioned at the end. My government here in Germany has to do more.

[@JorgeGarcia-jw4ld]

It's a repeat of history. The U.S. will become isolationist once again, like it did after WW1, and once war reaches American soil again, like it did in WW2, we will once again become the world's policeman.

[@Alyjah777]

Then ummmmm, do it?

[@Rildar]

@@Rexsuprime Hi, American here. I made no promise to protect Europe. I'm not dying to defend your country. That's your job. Good luck!

[@MissMoffet19]

I think this can turn out to be a good thing for us Europeans. We have relied on the USA too much and for too long. The USA drew its power from being the world’s police, but as we can see, this is no longer what the American people want their country to be. The idea of isolating America and focusing on domestic issues is not Trump’s idea-it’s the idea of the American people, and that’s why he was chosen by them. It's important to understand that. Many have criticized Trump for his actions, but he says and does things that Americans want to hear and see, which makes it very democratic. This shift could take Europe out of its lethargic state. In fact, it might turn out to be very unfavorable for the USA, as the rise of Europe could deal a financial blow to the United States.

[@nickashton8139]

I would not be so sure on that one. Yalls demographics are cooked. Americas is getting cooked as well. We both just going to be on the struggle bus here soon and as we get old, no retirement from the gov cus no young workers :/

[@tatsuya2112]

I should point out that the american people are just tired of being yanked around by everyone, all of your nations tarriff american goods, yet the us threatens to do the same and you act like we've somehow stabbed you in the back, the us taxpayer literally funds half the world's countries through our economy yet you call us braggarty hicks, also your socialized healthcare is subsidized by americans paying out the nose for our medicines (though red tape doesn't help there either). America might have more or less ruled the world for the last 80 years, but the rest of the world, outside of maybe japan, has treated america like it's some backwards trash heap for at least the 40 years i've been alive, we as a people are tired of doing everything for everyone else while our people are treated badly and suffer, until trump came along our government has completely ignored our anger and worry. Also let me be clear, even during the cold war most americans were isolationist, but saw nato and european assistance as a necessary evil to maintain safety in the us, the us has at least since before ww1 been isolationist and nationalist, our bureaucrats in government however, were globalist, even against the will of the average american, we are not against helping europe, but we're tired of being treated like a sugar daddy with europe and other so called allies not pulling their weight.

[@tatsuya2112]

@@nickashton8139 Actually american demographic trends are weird, we're not really reducing in population in the way you think we are, our cities are having far less kids but rural is having more kids, while this would cause a crunch at the top end for old age millenials, it likely will not have as big of a effect in the long run outside of shifting america more and more to the right as again, rural is having a boom while cities populations are contracting, especially among african americans (which seems to be highly influenced by abortion numbers, but i'm not gonna get into THAT conversation here). Europe however, needs to rework it's systems to stop relying on social safety nets at the rate they are demographically collapsing, but well, politicians only think about their term, and the next term is the other guy's problem. For what it's worth, china, russia and arguably india are far worse off than europe with demographic predictions, but all 3 have a tendency to lie about their numbers.

[@jay-1800]

I mean Trump was already in office and people claimed relations between Europe and the US would sever and he would withdraw the US from NATO and none of it ever happened. He also warned about Russia during his first term and about Europe’s reliance on it for energy. For a matter of fact as someone who voted for Trump I don’t even know any Americans who actually want to abandon Europe vs them spend more on defense. The US sees China as its biggest threat now

[@anthonyml7]

@@nickashton8139 True if Z-ers don't have a lot more kids were in trouble, but it's ok men can be women now 🙄

[@Nick_Hammer]

It's funny how many people act like trump wasn't president once already and haven't seen what he actually does.

[@BTScriviner]

Because it's a cult and cult members don't question their leader.

[@alex__825]

It's funny how people never understand that he has filled his cabinet with yes-men unlike last time and can do literally whatever he wants!

[@atrain-wr9je]

@@alex__825 Its funny that people think Trump who had no wars during his term is worse than sleepy Joe Biden.

[@scrapbrainsinc]

Nothing is funny about having a President that doesn't start new wars.

[@veloschime5186]

They didn't see what he did before, that's the sad part.

[@memo2933]

It's crazy how long Europeans have neglected their own national defenses

[@humanbeing4841]

Decadence is the reason. Europe has lost its vigor and urgency since WW2. They only care about preserving the welfare state.

[@Phraxas52]

While simultaneously mocking the only ones that would defend them. They really have no intelligence.

[@ParoXyzmm]

I mean, when you've had US military bases and training exercises throughout most of Europe for longer than most people have been alive, then it gets quite easy to assume they will always be there to defend you. Basically, the same way a child won't learn how to do the dishes if you never make them; Why would Europe spend lots of money on their military when the USA has been there to protect them for the last 60-70 years? The European countries definitely should have spent more on defence, but why would they when the largest superpower on the face of the planet has been protecting them for longer than most people in the country have been alive?

[@everythingiswr0ng]

well.. could be something to do with not needing them up until.. oh.. 2 and a half years ago. guess they were a bit overly optimistic

[@vanitas.]

@@Phraxas52 Right, but still more intelligent than any Trump supporter

[@kuwinsitall]

I loathe Trump and think his sucking up to authoritarian states is disgusting...but Europe still needs to focus on their own defense too. He's not 100% wrong on that

[@mix3k818]

He will definitely change Europe and effectively force it to take more initiatives on its own. I'm not so sure USA is going to benefit from that though.

[@kingslagathor4178]

EU should be able to support themselves without us

[@razorramon780]

It won’t. Closed military bases, less trade, less trust, which is what keeps our dollar afloat.. this is what we get for letting the adult literacy rate in this country fall below 60%.

[@BurnBird1]

​@@kingslagathor4178 Ukraine is not in the EU

[@thijsjong]

@@razorramon780 I agree and I am not an American. I am Dutch. Obama asked nicely and politely. Trump asked in 2016 2020 again more insistently. To raise militairy spending to 2% of the national income. We did nothing or not nearly enough. The invasion of Ukraine was an indirect result of European failure to comply by NATO standards. Dont blame Trump. What he asjed of us was fair. And we (Europe) complained about the mean words he used. Western European countries who did not spent 2% are to blame.

[@JesusOrDestruction]

The USA will do better under Trump by a lot actually

[@IT.93]

Make Europe Great Again - MEGA

[@mickeywng8013]

Mega = μέγας, mégas / “great, large, mighty” MEGA > MAGA

[@soraiya2065]

Lol!

[@nickt2822]

we are great.

[@Tbot_2]

@@nickt2822great at freeloading

[@DrakkerConspiracyFot]

Omg MEGA

[@VunterSlaush1650]

As on older Irish man that's embarrassed by the current state of our national defenses, I hope that if the Americans abandon Ukraine and that the Polish and Brits do go all in to replace them, that the large expat communities here put real pressure on the government to finally pull it's head out of the sand and do something about it. We have the money, the manpower and friendly countries who'd be more than happy to help us to properly beef up our defense forces enough to meaningfully support our European brothers, we're just lacking the political will to do it.

[@archvaldor]

"I hope that if the Americans abandon Ukraine and that the Polish and Brits do go all in to replace them" You say that like the US was actually helping which mostly it wasn't.

[@kevinkilbane2007]

What are you on about. The current state of the irish national defences??? And youre embarrassed. When have ireland had any sort of national defence? What wars did you fight in? Irish cabbage.

[@hmu05366]

Yeh Ireland is not any sort of military power

[@HungNguyen-fy8hf]

@@archvaldor Remind me and yourself the US is a single country while the EU is many countries.

[@paulosbornept7523]

The US has carried the defense Burden for Europe. This allowed Europe to build its generous social programs and drift to totalitarianism as people give up freedoms for security.

[@alecduquette7500]

It really can't be understated how important it is that a Baltic state like Estonia is proposing a lot of these ideas. They very much seem to remember their time being forced into the Soviet Union and they want to do everything possible to prevent that from happening again. Everyone that was freed of the Warsaw Pact doesn't want it coming back and the larger countries like France, Germany, and the UK need to take note as the higher ups seem to have forgotten a bit.

[@RobotWithHumanHair.]

Or they’re just fear mongering… Russia could barely beat Ukraine and its been three years. They’re not invading NATO…

[@albal156]

UK spends the most on defence in Western Europe and has nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers? UK is also increasing its defence spending too. France also has the same. Nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers. Germany and the UK also make a lot of weapons too. Some aren't pulling their weight to be sure.

[@disalazarg]

Many in those larger countries look at the Soviet Union with nostalgia-like Spain's ruling coalition, in a country that barely spends 1% of its GDP in defense, less than even the much-criticized Canada's 1.3%.

[@rath3369]

I was certainly already giving up on this uploader with his recent posts and complete whining toward Google but his extreme liberal viewpoints and overall lack of understanding of almost anything he posts about I think Google is correct, he’s basically the msnbc of KZbin I look forward to his further whine posts about why no one likes him for no understanding, well, anything and being so matter of fact. Screw you real life bs

[@rath3369]

What’re you talking about Estonia is like 2 cities sharing a border with Russia it’s obviously in their interest you weird plevbitor

[@Shawshank.r]

Here before the video title change

[@jimmysalcedo7910]

"How Trumps 2nd term, will change Europe forever" Got ya cover👍

[@mistkaefer]

"How Trump's 2nd Term Will Change Europe Forever"

[@bleepblop5682]

lets see how long it takes

[@EKF4N]

Genuine question, why would it change, is it about demonetisation? Performance??

[@petertheturt]

@@EKF4N To capture the attention of the widest audience (some may be lured by one title while others another)

[@MrFantasypl]

I don't like how Poland is often omitted in those talks.

[@MALUR82]

Poland is the only one in the region who truly know the colors of ruSSia and Belarus. US should help Poland secure central and Eastern Europe and not count on silly Germany to do so!

[@eksbocks9438]

One of the flaws with Western countries in our current decade.... They aren't interested in including people who are straightforward. Because they don't have the "correct" vibes. They want folks who are "exciting." Instead of smart. -With eastern NATO countries being the only exception. (For obvious reasons.)

[@eksbocks9438]

It's a common issue with Western countries in our current decade..... They won't include folks who lack the "correct" vibes. Even though Poland has the experience and knowledge to help out.

[@LordWaterBottle]

​@@MALUR82For real. The German government seems to think if they have a decent military it's only a matter of time until France is invaded. Meanwhile Poland is preparing for a unilateral reformation of the USSR.

[@danielsokolov4821]

Poland failed to defend itself when it had no right to Western protection, they also failed to liberate themselves and became a soviet puppet.

[@StufffTV]

As an European I'm glad Europe is moving away from dependancy of the US, we can never feel like we need another country to defend us, much less countries like Russia, China or the US. Europe if led properly will continue to be the best place to live

[@blackestyang7528]

I'm sure the comments will be completely civil

[@Haheehahohaheehoha]

Quite telling that I initially misread this as "completely evil" and didn't blink.

[@raydemarco427]

So far pretty good. Some pretty intelligent people follow this channel

[@zenec_]

And I'm sure this video isn't bias

[@flowerpower2067]

Civil as in 90% trump haters and 500 replies on any trump sympathetic comments.

[@tophb9855]

@@zenec_ Yea those crazy facts and truths always get in the way of maga delusions

[@zachanator2011]

What real power did the afghan government have. The president wasnt even in Afghanistan

[@Zt3v3]

Foreign policy is extremely complicated. I can't even pretend to have an educated opinion.

[@jonathanbowen3640]

Indeed

[@thespeedracer5772]

That's on you. At least you have enough humility to own it. That also is on you (thankfully).

[@duckymomo7935]

You need to study international relations first Then focus on one aspect of foreign policy, you’re not going to keep up with every one I specialize in Latin America policy but my colleagues are all Asia and Europe

[@nessamae3349]

I agree with OP

[@TunPiccolo]

Even Real Life Lore said his own opinion could be wrong depending on what will happen later, as IR could be impulsive. But we can guess some based on history, just like the weather.... but even weather gets wild now

[@sweetrocks610]

He’s right. The United States needs to realize it has its own problems they desperately need to fix. Instead of trying to be the world’s biggest lender and world police, they need to fix themselves first, and let’s be honest, there’s no shortage of issues to pick from.

[@micahkiyimba8641]

They have issues with drug trafficking, failing infrastructure, Inflation and too much illegal immigrants

[@Rexsuprime]

All caused by themselfs, due to? WAR ON DRUGS (NIXON) War on terrorism after 9/11 spending 8+ trillion > 91 billion (Ukraine).. hmm so, protecting western values and freedom is not an agenda anymore? Don't know exactly why you guys had to attack the middle east when they have no western ideology to protect, meanwhile Ukraine wants to become western, Join EU, NATO. Get away from the corrupt and scum RU. But nah that's their own problem in Europe you say. I ptui! on that.

[@KuzKiller887]

The US does realize this, thats why its been trying to get Europe to take control of its own defense and security so its less reliant on the US Military

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

So you are saying USA should have never invaded Germany and Japan?

[@Rexsuprime]

@@PROVOCATEURSK USA has caused together with RU most of the current conflicts in the world. Now they want to back off and just focus on themselfs which is utter BS due to them being in BIG part the reason in Ukraine, Middle east, China and Southern America having issues right now. So pathetic that they think they can just focus on their "own" issues when the issues around the globe are caused by them. Fix the sht you've caused USA, for fk sake.

[@LazloVimes]

what does he do if Ukraine and Russia both disagree with his plan? how does he simultaneously withhold aid and increase aide at the same time?

[@misterbean4059]

Trump will probably say "Nobody can end this war in 24 hours" and pretend he didn't say otherwise

[@MarvinPowell1]

@LazloVimes Increase the weapons given to Ukraine, but not the actual aid money.

[@Bori.1776]

You’re assuming Trump has any amount of intelligence or forethought. He’s all vibes and ego bro, he doesn’t know what he would do.

[@martondora506]

I can't understand how stupid people need to be, to believe him. It's just the typical advertising bullshit, that means nothing, but sounds good :D

[@TheRatOnFire_]

Russia's agreement is far more important that Ukraine's. The US represents Ukraine, but not Russia. So if Russia backs out, he's supporting Ukraine.

[@darthgrif6543]

As insane as this timeline is. It's our canon timeline, and our prime timeline. we must make the most of our life here.

[@DarkElfDiva]

Assuming your own timeline/universe is the canon/prime one is pretty arrogant.

[@filmorejohnson]

​@@DarkElfDiva what are you even saying rn. The concepts of time and reality are arrogant?

[@thirteenwerewolves8720]

@@DarkElfDiva Uh, I get where you're coming from but that's not really right. Naturally *our* timeline is primary to us. We can't put stock in alternate timelines, they're of no causal relevance to us except as thought experiments and what-ifs. We have this reality. It might be entirely illusory, but acknowledging that does nothing for us except let us stare at our navels.

[@JoaoCosta-ly1sw]

Timeline travelers get to postpone their existence for as long as they wish tho

[@JoJo-ez3pv]

If the Afghanistan security forces weren't ready by the time we left, they were never going to be ready, regardless of how long we stayed😅

[@neotronextrem]

This. State building was a naive ambition and it would've never worked. Evident in the military loss to the Taliban. You can't make the indigenous population believe some novel foreign values. The fight against Taliban was a fight against the native culture.

[@Margo-oj5yc]

I agree completely. There were American soldiers in Afghanistan in 2021 were literally not even born when it started back in 2001.

[@Kevin-mk6jo]

Facts

[@papasivir4241]

That's exactly why Trump just decided to pull out. They weren't an effective government and nothing we could do was going to change that. Hence the last 20 plus years of the war.

[@cantsay2205]

Exactly. They clearly didn't want to fight the Taliban. That's an uncomfortable fact.

[@gavtronics]

The fact Luxembourg, which is rich and has no way of defending itself, is paying less than 2% is unacceptable. Eff it. Make Lux pay for all of Europe.

[@FarmerEnvoyXtreme]

here before KZbin demonetise another RLL Video

[@The_Orgazoid]

*demonetises

[@GM-xk1nw]

stop slurping another KZbinr's b...s you n......

[@jonyemm]

​​@@The_Orgazoidfighting the good fight.

[@spagiololi2011]

cant spell demonetize without *demon*

[@MrStrakmudflap]

Don’t worry it talks about Trump so it’ll probably get promoted considerably the algorithm

[@MarkusAT]

The absolute lack of leadership that it needs to have American president to guide us to be self sufficient is beyond me.

[@FrenzyLive1]

It’s insane to know that the most developed countries on earth hate the idea of being independent!

[@Emmanuel-co6sm]

American really needs to hold everybody's fucking hand all the time i guess

[@Josh-ks7co]

Because it's a lie. Russia would have serious trouble with Italy much less all of Europe NATO. China only spends 1.6% of it's GDP. 2.5% is absurd. Europe NATO was never in any danger spending that much is just for flashy but non effective force projection(not defense)

[@julesdepreter5697]

@@Emmanuel-co6sm Nope they brought this situation upon themselves by meddling in every countries affairs to spread capitalism, every country can commit atrocities as long as they are on the side of American imperialism.

[@FortressLordJP193]

@@FrenzyLive1 If I was in a restaurant with a table of people I can barely communicate with much less stand for extended periods, and the waiter offers to presume what we want in exchange for a 50% discount, I'm saying yes, not considering if it makes me look too reliant to people looking in from the window.

[@michaelsmith9590]

Poland with its history of pre-invasion treaties, is now increasing its military defence with good reason as well as providing arms to Ukraine.

[@RabbitHoleAdventures]

Dropping a note to stimulate the algorithm. Thanks for all of the hard work you put into these videos!!!

[@SpringJungle]

It’s going to be an interesting few years

[@dylan-5287]

Europe is about to start seeing a lot more tax increases and austerity as public money is being redirected towards military spending.

[@oGrasshoppero]

Europe too busy fighting climate change with their tax money…HAHAHA!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Koji-Alistair]

​@@oGrasshopperoHmm

[@humanbeing4841]

Maybe they should stop spending money on climate and welfare and focus on important things.

[@redman_10t39]

@@humanbeing4841 Those are important things. Hell, they are a net positive in the long term anyway. Sorry, but not everyone wants to throw away their future investments just to have a marginally more powerful military in the short term.

[@humanbeing4841]

@redman_10t39 Climate change is not important whatsoever, it's a product of decadence. Welfare need to be reduced because it's killing economic incentive for entrepreneurship and eating up money that could be used for military. Welfare is like a drug that once introduced is very difficult to develop political will to cut.

[@Inflight777]

KZbin: how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man

[@BrunoDias1234]

putin: you have done well.... my apprentice trump: yes master

[@steelcrocodile5495]

I love the young people!

[@ulizez89]

KZbin is so pro Putin at this point it's not even funny!!! I don't get it.

[@electrified4251]

@@ulizez89 russia is using ai powered bot farms to flood all social media with bullshit...

[@bunille]

@@BrunoDias1234 That's really vapid. You clearly know nothing about how to prevent wars, only create them. If you keep on being toxic to powerful leaders you don't like, all they're going to do is want a war. If you are reasonable, rational, and nice to BOTH sides, then your chances of not causing a war is much greater by far. Maybe this takes a genius to understand or someone without cocky issues. If you want to run for president where your main goal is to aggravate and harass NK and promote people targeting them, don't come whining that they start war with your country.

[@TheLikeys]

6:23 I feel like the Americans don’t realise, full EU membership comes with its own kind of mutual defence clause. So even if Trump and Putin agree on not letting Ukraine join NATO, a EU membership would have the de facto same implications. Should Trump resign if he can’t follow through on his 24h promise? Maybe the American electorate should demand this from him..

[@Intellectmatters2304]

Get ready for this video to “mysteriously disappear”😂

[@EvansBelushi]

Dont forget to take DVMP 😎

[@subieasunayuuki]

Please download it and reupload

[@cloony1]

Why ?

[@jonyemm]

​@@subieasunayuukithat's the shitty thing to do.

[@ZealousWins]

​@@jonyemmWhy would it be? I think the implication is to preserve the video's knowledge and content

[@perrybakr4252]

If Europe want to spend 2.5% of its GDP on arms for NATO, stop buying overpriced American weapons, and create jobs by spending this money on homegrown weapons. Canadians would likely get on board with this if it creates Canadian jobs.

[@GoDLiKeKakashi]

Every country except Slovenia anywhere close to Russia are already reaching this target. The only countries that aren't are Croatia (1.81%), Portugal (1.55%), Italy (1.49%) Canada (1.37%), Belgium (1.30%), Luxembourg (1.29%), Slovenia (1.29%) and Spain (1.28%). Canada doesn't have the will to secure its own arctic waters from Russian encroachment so I won't hold my breath for Canada to do anything with regards to Europe lmao.

[@sinister184]

Um.. perhaps you haven't noticed, but the US has budget overruns like crazy from weapon systems development. You think that would wind up being different in Europe? Europe probably saves a lot of money by just buying what they need.

[@perrybakr4252]

@@sinister184 Oh, I know this. And part of that is because the US is always trying to do something better to be above and beyond all others. They soak billions into trying to make things work, which end up being too complicated. In Europe, there are already aircraft manufactures building quality fighter craft. It already has a good ship building industry. The problem is, you want to build effective weaponry, not glossy weaponry. I know from following Canadian politics, that buying weaponry from the US makes it very hard for Canada to reach it's target. Yet Canada has the means and people to develop and build its own. But if we mush use US made/developed military systems, then at least make it part of the contract that those systems are built in the country buying them, not the US.

[@BigBoi678]

To be fair about the Afghan withdrawl, they had decades to prepare to fight the Taliban, they simply choose not to. I would rather have left as we did then stay there any longer.

[@namastewellness]

FACTS

[@pluton__]

I wouldn’t bc 12 us soldiers died. It was supposed to be a slow withdrawal. Instead we left our equipment over there while hundreds of afghans died some where clinging and dying on the planes as they were departing

[@safuu202]

@@pluton__ that was bc Biden botched the withdrawal.

[@ry1023.3]

@@safuu202was it not because trump made an impossible dead line and was sluggish which left Biden with a time bomb

[@tramaynwashington1545]

15 years to build an effective military? After you've invaded their country?? Not possible at all

[@christoffer235]

Try to talk from the middle it’s clear to hear you hate trump

[@stephenwilkens3101]

As someone who was in Afghanistan from before Trump's deal first took place, to the late summer of 2020, I can tell you and everyone here that description is almost completely wrong. That was wildly disingenuous of you

[@aronchai]

Well say more

[@kilmer009]

"You're wrong, but I won't say why" Okay?

[@94808G]

As a solider, you were a pawn in the bigger picture. You likely had no idea what was going on above your head. Because American soldiers are only briefed on a need to know basis.

[@stephenwilkens3101]

@@94808G "soldiers are just pawns!" so heckin edgy! "need to know basis" I know how stuff works cause I watch war movies! I was one of the pilots flying the cargo missions that closed down all the coalition bases. Do I think I know every little detail about what was going on? No, of course not. Did I get daily intelligence briefs on how the draw-down and peace talks were going, where- if anywhere- we might expect to be shot at, how much damage we could do to the process if we misidentified a hostile act and chose to shoot, and whether we were even allowed to take off that day based on the Taliban's good faith and cooperation? Yup. And most importantly, even not being at a level where I had ALL the information, do I have a significantly more informed perspective than a KZbinr who was never involved in any remote fashion whatsoever? Probably.

[@94808G]

@ you are pawns, no question about it. You’re the equivalent of government property from the moment you sign. Doing the legwork of their bidding without ever truly knowing what anything was ever about. You’re given orders, you follow them. No questions asked. So no matter what little bits of info you were leaked while being on the ground? That was probably the equivalent of a pinky toe on the entire body of which.. would be considered the purpose of you actually being deployed there. Thank you for your service.

[@arandomperson8336]

The end of American soft power is much more consequential than anything that happens in Ukraine.

[@Meta_Myself]

Who told you it ended?

[@AW-zk5qb]

American soft power hasn't and will not end any time soon. Besides having the largest economy and strongest military in the world by far, the US has more cultural influence than any other nation on earth by a huge margin

[@theliato3809]

american soft power has become as entrenched as roman or chinese soft power was in their imperial days.

[@tropinnka]

@@AW-zk5qbthat doesn’t matter a single bit if USA withdraws from the world and lets Russia China and Iran dictate global affairs

[@hamzamahmood9565]

​@@nono99136 India is not our ally lol. Sure it can be a partner on certain issues, but by "allies" he means countries that have long-standing security guarantees from America, such as Japan, S.Korea, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, all of Europe etc etc

[@gj7710]

America pulling out of Europe will never happen.

[@j03man44]

Charging for american troop presence might.

[@Anelkia]

Never say never my friend, history always has a way of proving us wrong

[@ToastytheG]

Just like trump will never be president eh?

[@gj7710]

@ToastytheG The Europe is the treasure, the Ring of power...who owes it rule the world... but to be honest, as an European, I rather prefer to be ruled by America than Russia, not even the other European powers.

[@adrv5721]

@@ToastytheGyou would blow him for a nickel huh?

[@Pyxis216]

Creating another Korea, Vietnam, and Cyprus scenario.

[@johnnyhansen261]

I agree, and I am from Europe. France, England and especially Germany, is paying way to little....

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

French boots on the ground in Ukraine could he decisive.

[@vrenak]

That proposed peace plan, well what can I say but, "Peace in our time", and anyone that has opened a history book, knows how dark that is.

[@tatsuya2112]

Truth be told, it's dark for both ukraine and russia, no matter what happens with the ukraine war, both lost a ton of their young men in this war, and both were already facing suicidal levels of demographic collapse, it's likely the 2, even if they hate each other, may have no choice but to join together with the rest of europe to survive the 20xx years, because it's gonna be bumpy no matter what happens, tl;dr this war is and always has been pointless and self destructive for both sides, a win today for a possible collapse and conquest by their neighbors in 20 years for both of them at the rate it's going, putin's push, even if everything laid out in the peace plan came true, even if russia somehow took all of ukraine, was a failure for russia, as it's severely weakened them and the rest of europe, this war had no victors, only losers, no matter the outcome.

[@anthonyml7]

@@tatsuya2112 I agree, if what I heard is true there won't any more Ukrainians or Russians left in the future. Although I don't agree with Russia's plan in solving that lol

[@high-captain-BaLrog]

so many profound philosophers in this comment section, where were you enlightened people when corruption and murder prevailed? little itsy bitsy burrows paid for by someone else

[@fflv_irn]

Philisofer mtfk

[@fflv_irn]

Wow...what a profound idea...u should write a book.

[@calebdoner]

Nice job pinning Biden's disasterous Afghanistan withdrawal on Trump.

[@interrobangings]

oh wow you're unironically trying to blame trump on biden pulling out

[@Rildar]

this channel is 100% sponsored by spooks lol

[@BuggiEU]

Are you blaming Biden for keeping Trump's withdrawal deal?

[@DC_Concerts]

@@BuggiEU I think they are blaming Biden for W's decision to invade 20+ years ago

[@truthbsaid1600]

No matter how Vance dresses it up, a frozen conflict and demilitarized zone is just another way of saying "let's reward Putin for his aggression and at the same time, I look good to the public".

[@ZebraAfrica]

Those new boundaries, another major victory for Russian century's expansion. Russia seized land and expanded their country before & post WWII, from Poland, Germany, Finland, Romania & Japan. Russia was once a tiny land around Moscow, they expanded in all directions, incorporating Finland to the west, Crimea to the south, to the tip of eastern Asia. They sold Alaska to USA out of fear the English will invade Alaska.

[@robinmc142]

"How about they do the right thing" I concede that I mostly don't know what I'm talking about, but his second term's policy plan is going to involve a lot of that. Oh I guarantee you.

[@martulaznik]

I am from Czechia and it's sad that so many people now say we shouldn't help Ukraine anymore 😢 I think it's not most of people,but still ... I can get it from some very poor people, they feel like the Czech state doesn't help them enough and sends money to Ukraine...but that's not only them who says that and I feel like these thoughts are spread from Russia to our country

[@ChinnuWoW]

If continuing the war only results in more death and no significant progress, then is it worth it?

[@TonguelessDanny]

Why make life for your people harder with increasing taxes and such by sending money to UKR, when you can put that money into building your own defence and own military. It would be different if UKR was winning though but its kind of a stalemate with slow minuscule RUS gains, and if the aid keeps coming its just going to remain a stalemate with deathpoll steadily rising on both sides.

[@snuffeldjuret]

the problem is that the biggest ukraine supporters are also the same people who are so woke that they wants to destroy europe

[@snuffeldjuret]

@@TonguelessDanny no money spent s most effective in ukraine now

[@Mustang628]

We are not sending actual cash. The "money" is in terms of supplies, munition and old cold war era vehicles and machinery. Which in turn gets replaced by modern supplies and vehicles like F-35s from the US. So yes, we are actually putting the money into our own military.

[@Flopsaurus]

What a well-rounded and researched video. Thanks for all the information!

[@USB367]

Let’s go I was early to a RealLifeLore vid

[@Monarth]

20:05 map is missing Petsamo, Finland's other 'arm' that used to give us access to the Arctic Ocean and separated Soviet Union and Norway from being neighbours. It was also one of the ceded territories.

[@stststefan]

I like the tone: "Finland was FORCED to ENDURE neutrality"

[@christianpetersen163]

Do you understand that neutrality means that you have a huge army to protect yourself?

[@stststefan]

@christianpetersen163 are you saying a nation of five million people was defending itself (from both sides) with a huge army for almost 100 years?

[@christianpetersen163]

@@stststefan Yes.

[@stststefan]

@@christianpetersen163 the reality is trade and balancing socialism with capitalism. It is no accident Scandinavian countries have the highest living standards and social safety nets. Certainly not because of their armies.

[@stillatwork]

This is one of the takes of all time. It's ignoring a lot of context, and all that context makes Trump look a bit more positive.

[@Micah._Beltran]

Usually love your channel, but Heavily disappointed in the amount of blatant misinformation in this video.

[@airrik2653]

Excellent opening statement: we can only speculate! You're being honest. It's ridiculous how all the pundits speak with certainty about what Trump will do and not do.😂

[@kdris12hihi]

Thank you for this information! There's so much to understand

[@bhamlaxy]

"Haaa we have free healthcare and college! America sucks!" "Wh...what... you want us to pay for our own defense? America sucks!"

[@Rexsuprime]

Spotted an unintellectual above !

[@Rildar]

@@Rexsuprime "Unintellectual" is not a word you lemming

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

Helping commies take half of the world? America rocks, right?

[@romaatwar]

As an American, I find it extremely annoying that some Americans don’t feel we need or benefit from our alliance with our European allies, when we’ve been benefiting from each other, I’d even go so far to say America more than Europe, from the alliance with each other. Honestly, yes they can benefit from their alliance with each other more, but not at the expense of the other.

[@KFC-rl9wr]

if you beleive that then why don’t europeans pay the 2%? that’s part of the deal and they aren’t honoring it

[@Tomogeny]

Same thing from the European side of things. Ever since WWII, the US and Europe brought eachother up. The US protected Europe during the war and then fostered the environment needed for massive technological advancement. Open access to the European market has brought millions of jobs and lots of revenue to the American people. In return, we got your tech. This works to a lesser extent the other way around too with companies like ASML providing chipmaking machines for the US. This alliance was great for both sides. Now, however, it is in both the US and the EUs best interest for the EU to become more independent. If Trump pulls back, the EU is weak. If Russia then decides to double down, the unsure geopolitical environment will lead to an immediate drop in the stock market, and as Russia beats down on Europe, the president who comes after Trump (and who is probably milder, whether he/she is a republican or democrat) will have a weaker trading partner with more of their budgets used for a war with Russia rather than growth. If we are strong enough that Russia doesn't think it's worth it to continue pressing, then we don't need to transform into military economies and can continue having great trade with the US. The EU needs to become stronger so that our coalition with the US will be strong enough to prevent dictatorial regimes from taking an expansionist route.

[@micahkiyimba8641]

Then why didn't the Europeans honour the 2% agreement? That's operating in bad faith.

[@MW_Asura]

@@micahkiyimba8641 Do you want me to bring in the list of things that make the US untrustworthy and "bad faith"?

[@KuzKiller887]

As an American, just pay your end of the agreement for fucks sake.

[@therealhabsfan]

Nah the US military industrial complex won't allow trump to get out of NATO. They are making way too much money for trump to cancel that.

[@toocoolforu]

Time to clean the swamp

[@Just-some-bird07]

You neglected the fact that the professional and experienced people who worked with Trump during his first term have mostly abandoned him and were supporting Harris during the last election. Trump's cabinet picks are all just people who would kiss his ass no matter what he says as long as he deports immigrants (but only the 'wrong' immigrants as the presence of Musk attests), attacks minorities and women and lowers their rich asses' taxes. He could tell them to invade Mexico and they would fucking do it.

[@asishreddy7729]

You don’t understand the full range of the situation. Trump has publicly stated that he will build an Iron Dome for America, just like Israel, a defensive military spend rather than an offensive one. That’s his deal to the Military Industrial Complex, no more wars but spend on an iron dome on their own soil to keep the companies happy.

[@Etrehumain123]

I thought they were losing money, Im completely lost now

[@electrified4251]

@@asishreddy7729 For the love of god, is the american public actually buying that? With the economy and stock prices there is at least some wiggle room for trump because nobody know what will happen there but this is just showing a clear lack of physics education. The "Iron Dome" is a SHORT RANGE (up to 70km) missile defense system. Thats why it works. For Long range ICBMs there is (for numerous reasons, some physical constraints, some political) no system in existence that can reliably defend a country from icbms. Even further such a system would require extensive deployed long range radars across the globe. If Trump truly plans to fuck their allies by not honoring NATO Europe will wean itself of the US.

[@quietlioness2575]

Thank you for this video. I have learned so much from your channel. As an American, this helped me see the broader picture internationally.

[@dariusgunter5344]

A fourth option is a European army, buying together means we buy better meaning we use better meaning we spend better meaning we spend effectively less.

[@lolthepop324alois8]

Yeah good luck with that, first there's the obvious language barrier and difficulties but also these are straight up sovereign independent countries with their own interest like France and UK who use their army for their own interest in foreign lands plus there already is a European army, NATO already makes sure all these armies have a specific role in the alliance defense so they can coordinate plus during war they can already pass command of certain armies to other countries commanders so there is no real motive for a European army

[@Etrehumain123]

It is against european constitution, which is the a core problem of the entire European Union: "EU should not make an army"

[@dariusgunter5344]

@Etrehumain123 there isn't even a "european constitution" do you even know what you are talking about?!?!?!?

[@dariusgunter5344]

@lolthepop324alois8 that's why the Dutch and Germans already merged their military the Dutch got our small navy we got their small army. Language is not taht great a barrier if you train your soldiers look at nato the soldiers work like one big army despite the language barriers if nato does exercises, I know that not only from you know reading and thinking but also because I know some soldiers taht took part in such exercises.

[@lolthepop324alois8]

@@dariusgunter5344 yeah I get but the fact these are countries with interests of their own already makes the prospect of a European army impossible right bow

[@flakeandflosh]

Your understanding of the afghan deal is pretty bad and missing context. The afghan government was a failed state. They would have never survived no matter what happened.

[@GoDLiKeKakashi]

So the right course of action was to cut them out of negotiations with terrorists entirely and further undermine them while giving in to every demand from the taliban? Sounds like a winning strategy.

[@flakeandflosh]

@ If they don’t know what they are doing and the goal is to get our troops to stop fighting then yeah.

[@hankhill5622]

@GoDliKeKakashi it may not be a winning strategy, but keeping troops there for another 20 years isn’t either, we had soldiers over there that weren’t even alive yet when the conflict first began. And the afghan government still wasn’t equipped enough to maintain their own security. If they weren’t ready in 20 years they would’ve never been ready

[@janosvass5628]

Your view, rather your understanding, of history is spotty at the least.

[@SteveRGash]

I strongly feel bullies should win nothing with their aggression.

[@KingdomRepublic]

America invaded Afganistan and Iraq and dozens of other countires and "won" to an extent So bullies can win, you just want your bully to win

[@AwoudeX]

so Zelenski bullying ethnic Russians shouldn't have won all that sweet support, gotcha

[@almichaels4128]

Bullies? Christ dude, this is power geopolitical strategy, not a semester in high school. I would orient your filter of the world into something more based in the real world.

[@brett.c1649]

You should read provoked then

[@SteveRGash]

@@almichaels4128 Putin is a bully by personality

[@mcsejones]

Your history of the Afgan pullout is completely wrong

[@rawvids9985]

Your take on the Afghan war is beyond inaccurate. Bordering on a straight lie.

[@sconnieboy9131]

I dont think its fair to say “Trump’s claims that the US is shouldering too much aid” is wrong by comparing US aid to the EU’s. Last time I checked Germany has given the most when you look at aid given compared to their GDP with the US trailing by a few %. So yes, Trump is incorrect in that. But to say the EU has given more than the US is misleading. Multiple countries make up the EU. So lumping their collective aid and then comparing that to the US is misleading. Trump is wrong, but your reason for saying so is incorrect imo.

[@KoiWrez]

have u seen the sizes of those countries lol? now compare that to US

[@sconnieboy9131]

@ Dosent matter if they are smaller. Its more accurate to compare aid given from a country relative to that countries GDP.

[@KoiWrez]

@@sconnieboy9131 The EU has the smaller GDP by like 9 trillion, i just checked. so ur wrong even in that respect haha

[@sconnieboy9131]

@ Your not even attempting to understand what Im saying. I never said compare GDP’s of countries. Im saying for ONE SINGULAR COUNTRY take (aid given) / (that countries GDP). And use that as a metric. Its not about total money given, its about how much strain is placed on a country by them giving aid. Dont combine the whole EU. Some countries in the EU have given like .01% of their GDP in aid while others have given more like .055%. My point is that not all countries are pulling THEIR OWN WEIGHT when it comed to aid. Germany is beating the US in terms of aid given relative to their GDP. The US is second. Lots of countries below those top two are significantly lower.

[@mikec4204]

@@sconnieboy9131 But isn't the metric given in the video percentage of GDP? Aren't the relative numbers therefore already considered?

[@jthomashair]

I love these list videos. Hope you do a few more, for any other bands you're both big fans of

[@camh4092]

Dude, the cope for the Afghan withdrawal is wild. You didn't even pretend to be unbiased.

[@dee-taylor]

I wouldn't be surprised if this dude has handlers.

[@CorneliusWellingtonIII]

I’m old enough to remember when Obama mocked Mitt Romney for saying Russia was a threat. 😂

[@BickleyLTO]

0:52 ... By the looks of it, this second term will be what the first term should've been

[@alexenchanter92]

THIS!! Nicely done King! This is a great video with exquisite commentary, I couldn’t stop laughing! The Covenant is one of my So Bad It’s Good Films!

[@andrewpritt8739]

I hope trump gets European defense back on its own two feet

[@stevebohutch]

The Trump takes were not accurate.

[@holdenhockman8340]

Biased much?

[@kepspark3362]

Do you want to help someone, or the world? Do you want to save your kids? Want better future for them? Do things to improve its condition? Boom. You're biased. Be like buddha, care about nothing, want nothing, nothing matters. Ignore everything. Just sit & do nothing. Otherwise YOU'RE BIASED. Picking side is bad. Everyone else should just let anything happen, let a human abuse another human, of any age, sex, ... Do not feel anything. Do not do anything. Otherwise, YOU'RE BIASED. /H

[@holdenhockman8340]

@kepspark3362 So what your saying is nihilism is the key here got it. Also bro it's just a comment don't get so worked up about BOOM biased.

[@lv3609]

This means, the Budapest agreement signed by UK, USA, Russia, and Ukraine + other East European countries coming out of breakout of USSR, where the laters had let go of N Weapons in exchange of protection, the Budapest agreement is nor worth the paper it’s written

[@orange123yoshi]

That one was broken in 2014 when the Crimean peninsula was annexed tho

[@lv3609]

@@orange123yoshi Yes, what you say is true. The UN recognized borders of Ukraine included Crimea. The (not big) amount of territory that is Crimea although very strategic in Black Sea, led to illusion that Russia/Putin territory grab greed would stop there. Despite breaking UN law, I think most politicians and most people chose to overlook as a minor infraction. Now the scenario is blatant land grab +20%, and even with an interim peace deal, no one can say won’t go for a larger chunk. This is unmistakably a break of UN/international law, this is unmistakably the reduction to irrevelance of Budapest agreement (2014 qualitatively it was a break, quantitatively could be overlooked also given history of that patch of land).

[@youknowwho3751]

I thought the US sent over $175 billion to Ukraine

[@dandavidson4717]

Not even nearly, unfortunately.

[@loricproject6878]

They sent over 200b lmao

[@JohnMikhail-q8f]

@youknowwho3751 it's more than that it's like billions of dollars

[@JohnMikhail-q8f]

​@@loricproject6878 very true. It's a lot of money even Trump sent millions of dollars to Ukraine as well

[@Lumiere192]

KZbin ads are crazy 3 unskipable ads within 4 minutes and 11 seconds into the video

[@Spaceballz123]

You need to pay youtube extortion fee

[@madmax404]

Install UBlock Origin my man

[@АндрейЕрмилов-х8п]

Zero ads if you are from russia haha

[@mjtheko]

Get an adblocker

[@Snacks50p]

Firefox + Ublock Origin = No ads.

[@XMENS19]

Being an estonian, I like this video :)

[@Kragith]

I like Estonia because it's name makes it sound like some magical fantasy land.

[@XMENS19]

@@Kragith In many ways you are correct. Even in fantasy, the bad guys are usually lurking just outside the border...

[@micahkiyimba8641]

As an American, I love Estonia. Clearly only you guys, Latvia , Lithuania and Poland are realistic

[@neluna19]

Those who don't learn their history are destined to repeat it.

[@griff8977]

The smug comparison with WW2 is so braindead it almost hurt to watch. Would Hitler have invaded Poland if the Allies had THOUSANDS OF NUKES and the nuclear triad to deliver them at will? Also, what makes you think Russia has the military capability to roll through Europe - even if they wanted to - when they’ve been in a stalemate for years? I rest my case.

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

You rested your case before anybody could respond? Firstly, why on earth do you think it's a stalemate? The Russuans have stated continuously from the very beginning that this SMO was about demilitarising NATO (via Ukraine). It is a war of attrition. Russian's have a totally different approach to war not related to territory, but objectives. You are projecting your own goals onto Russia, despite eat they do and say.

[@griff8977]

​@@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms Wow that was cheeky, I'm reeling. But I think it's a stalemate because the front line hasn't moved in 2+ years of fighting for all intents and purposes. Meanwhile, both sides are both burning significant resources and manpower to hold it in place with little indication one or the other will achieve a breakthrough any time soon. Sure the Russians "took" areas in eastern Ukraine but those were already largely held by pro-Russia rebels who had been at war with Ukraine for over a decade, so that hardly counts as a hard-won victory indicative of broader Russian military superiority. And side note - if you would've taken a second to either watch the full video and/or read my comment in context, you'd find we actually sort of agree..? My point was going against the video's comparison of the concession of the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany with a potential peace deal where Ukraine would cede the eastern provinces currently held by Russia. The implication was that "we thought this would stop them but the Nazis just went ahead and used the newfound advantage to start rolling through mainland Europe" so the Russians will in all likelihood just do the same thing if we try to end the war by ceding those provinces. My point is that is absurd on its face when Russia couldn't even get to Kyiv (obviously if they could've done that to force broader concessions they would've done it already) and when crossing any NATO border could easily trigger the end of the world. The Nazis had neither problem to contend with - they had overwhelming military superiority in the early stages and knew they were catching their enemies with their pants down.

[@mikec4204]

@@griff8977 Well stated

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

Every world leader seems to act like nuclear weapons don’t exist or are a non factor. And with good reason. Putin wants farm l d and population. Not a nuclear wasteland. They are calling his bluff.

[@deathdome2572]

The amount of bias is insane, lost faith in your impartial reporting

[@WW...conquest]

Im sorry to be the person to say this but actually Finland wasn't neutral in ww2, they fought for Germany 😅

[@slevinchannel7589]

True but plz edit that missing space after the comma in. My autistic brain HATES when i know theres this particular specific typo. I know, i know, sounds trivial, soudns random, but what can i say? Mentalhealth is funky like that. And it only takes a second for you to edit

[@andersvinnefors5891]

The first war Soviet Union attacked Finland. This war Germany approved. The second war 1941 Finland did not fight FOR Germany, but WITH Germany to protect themseleves. Note the difference. Furthermore the map over lost land is wrong. It does not show the Petsamo area in the north with the important nickel mine.

[@AustroHungarianEmpire1867]

You have no knowledge about WW2, do you.

[@WW...conquest]

@andersvinnefors5891 True, Finland also switched sides late war.sometimes, in maps of ww2 are shown in there own side of the war

[@WW...conquest]

@@slevinchannel7589 👍🏼

[@josuaerick9670]

RLL's wet dream is to yap about the Ukraine conflict for as long as be can

[@Kenneth_James]

I wish Ground News knew how sick I am of hearing this stupid message. Don't they know there is a point of saturation that makes people LESS likely to use it?

[@paulamartin4059]

What about America's future without Europe?

[@whackamole4909]

it will be fine

[@kieronmarshall2658]

@@whackamole4909 🤣🤣🤣

[@christianpetersen163]

They'll have new friends. Russia, North Korea...

[@JoaoCosta-ly1sw]

@@whackamole4909They’re not fine as it is.

[@xx_pjlikesmusic_xx]

Europe needs us. We don't need Europe.

[@gjr4315]

The bias in this video is disturbing.

[@Ultrevolous]

I actually really appreciate the caveat at the beginning with you saying "this is extremely speculative" because a lot of people are speculating and stating it as fact. Very responsible coverage here RLL.

[@mikemancini313]

6:00 Kaliningrad sweats nervously

[@michaelsmith9590]

What Ukraine loses, Poland is likely to gain in Kaliningrad if they are attacked as part of defence of Ukrainian lands.

[@jcarey568]

Kaliningrad is occupied German territory.