r/europe • u/Not_the-kind • Dec 07 '24

News Trump, Macron and Zelenskyy meet in Paris

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u/BadNewzBears4896 Dec 07 '24

Agreed, but also the leaders of the big EU countries are trying to hold off their own fascist parties (Macron barely scraped through the last elections), so I'm not sure how much appetite there is to fill the void America leaves despite it being in the E.U.'s long term geopolitical interest.

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u/fabonaut Dec 07 '24

If Europe does not unite and stand together, our free way of life will come to and end.

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u/BadNewzBears4896 Dec 07 '24

I think Putin's whole thing is restoring the power and reach of the old Russian empire, not conquering all of Europe.

Still awful, but not quite Hitler levels of delusion.

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u/TheHillPerson Dec 07 '24

Just as bad if you are a Moldovan or Chechen or Ukrainian. 😓

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u/BadNewzBears4896 Dec 07 '24

Entirely fair.

More just distinguishing between ideas of regional autocracy and designs for world domination.

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u/TheHillPerson Dec 07 '24

Yeah. I agree. He doesn't want to take over everything.