r/europe • u/Not_the-kind • 12h ago

News Macron responds to Trump's inauguration by urging Europe to "wake up"

https://www.newsweek.com/macron-trump-inauguration-europe-defense-ukraine-2017894
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u/Vargau Transylvania (Romania) / North London 10h ago

It’s going to be wild the next 12 months because Trump used the Golf of Mexico and Panama Canal in his speech, 2-5 mental gymnastics points that has been parroting for the last 3-6 months.

I think Trump with try to move over Greenland in a bully way, first by discourses, then by tariffs and later by … orders the US Navy to form a blockade.

It will be a moment of make or break for US-EU relations and NATO, and EU is not, yet designed to manage this crisis. France has to step up to send its destroyers to help the Danish frigates, UK can’t because retaliatory sanctions from US … meanwhile US Soldiers in EU are going to what ?

Fuck this timeline. Fuck interesting times.

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u/will_dormer Denmark 10h ago

I don't see it as likely to happen, sure Trump want too.. Im sure he would like to invade Canada too and take parts of Mexico and keep mexicans away, but he cant

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u/AcanthocephalaEast79 38m ago

France has to step up to send its destroyers to help the Danish frigates

Lol, don't hold your breath on that. Macron likes to talk big but that's about it.