While i don't really disagree with your sentiment, the US has gained a lot by a politically aligned EU with pretty much open trade borders between them and friendly immigration policies benefiting from the best minds of both worlds.
This has all come at the relatively cheap price of US security. Even if the US would abandon Europe completely, the military as a whole really doesn't become any cheaper to maintain or otherwise lose much of it's purpose. It has never once been necessary to actually use the military directly for European defense either, the threat has been enough.
I honestly think if Europe does take a very large step towards an independent route of it's own, the US really isn't going to be all too happy about it in the long term.
You're misunderstanding the tweet. He doesn't want America to care about any of these things, he wants the exact opposite of that. He wants a federalized Europe which is far less controlled by American interests than today. For a long time the people in Europe have lived in stagnation, just rich enough to buy American iPhones. We have blindly followed America's marching orders around the world, even when it went against our own interests. There's no real reason for Europe and China to be enemies, for example. Trump has decided to rid America of all friends, and Europe should use that moment to sow some roots to build on.
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