> As a European, I will vote against any politician that keeps talking about EU-US special partnership and doesn't put 'EU First'.
Isn't that exactly the logic behind Trumpism though? "Our partners suck, we need to put our own interests first" is how you get isolation and trade wars. And sometimes real wars.
I mean, maybe that's where things are going. But "as a European" you should at least recognize that's the policy you're arguing for.
bad choice of words from me indeed. What I wanted to say is that a lot of people, especially in the Eastern Europe look at the US as a rock solid partner - even more solid than EU. That dates back to WWII.
Don't fall for this argument, it just keeps ratcheting things in the bully's favor. Game theory offers abundant demonstrations of the fact that cooperation is the best default, but cooperation with a serial defector is a losing strategy. At some point they need to experience suffering in response to aggression.
Isn't that exactly the logic behind Trumpism though? "Our partners suck, we need to put our own interests first" is how you get isolation and trade wars. And sometimes real wars.
I mean, maybe that's where things are going. But "as a European" you should at least recognize that's the policy you're arguing for.