I’m sorry why exactly would Europe need to build a new military after the US leaves? Are they gonna take EU armies with them?
The US is integral to NATO’s logistics, equipment and vital components for maintaining it is only made in the US.
The entire command structure of NATO is dominated by the US, without the US, you don’t have armies, you have some soldiers and officers.
Even then, you seem to imagine a fair fight, between spherical soldiers, in a vacuum, not a fight between Europe, and the guys who spent the entire cold war influencing European governments and embedding right-wing militias just in case yall decided to be insufficiently anti-communist.
UK and France have nukes and aircraft carriers, Poland and Germany building up their continental forces, Sweden is no joke either.
They are next to the country that spends 10x more on the military than all of you combined. America’s only rival is China.
When Trump is telling Poland, Germany, and Sweden to increase military spending, and they listen, it’s not because they want to have someone to fight for greenland, it’s because the US expects to use yall to fight its own enemies and your rulers are planning for as much.
The US is integral to NATO’s logistics, equipment and vital components for maintaining it is only made in the US.
The entire command structure of NATO is dominated by the US, without the US, you don’t have armies, you have some soldiers and officers.
Even then, you seem to imagine a fair fight, between spherical soldiers, in a vacuum, not a fight between Europe, and the guys who spent the entire cold war influencing European governments and embedding right-wing militias just in case yall decided to be insufficiently anti-communist.
They are next to the country that spends 10x more on the military than all of you combined. America’s only rival is China.
When Trump is telling Poland, Germany, and Sweden to increase military spending, and they listen, it’s not because they want to have someone to fight for greenland, it’s because the US expects to use yall to fight its own enemies and your rulers are planning for as much.
Or Afghanistan. Or Vietnam lol
The US would not be able to occupy mainland Europe in the same way it can occupy Greenland. This is closer to the invasions of Grenada or Panama.