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A European Parliament member claimed that the U.S. gave Europe three weeks to agree on Ukraine's "surrender" terms or risk an American withdrawal from Europe.

Mika Aaltola made the claim on X, but provided no evidence. NBC News reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested a U.S. troop reduction in Europe.

Trump reportedly plans to cut 20,000 troops and demand greater NATO contributions. He has pushed for higher NATO defense spending.

Trump may meet with Putin soon, believing Russia holds the upper hand in negotiations.

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[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'm confused by what you mean. Yes, if you disconnect from Europe you would absolutely need China's supply chain. And Russia proved it's a very powerful supply chain. Hate it all you want, but without even sending weapons, Russia was able to sustain the war under massive sanctions.

I mean, if Trump actually secures China's supply chain and actually decided war is the best way to resolve Greenland and Panama, well, the world would be completely fucked. There's nothing the rest of the world could do to stop any of this. The horrifying combination of US military, tech and China's production capacity, Jesus fuck that's terrifying.

The worst thing is, this is now a likely scenario. Considering Trump and Putin are both on board, the entirety of humanity is now dependant on Xi not being as power hungry and insane. God this is nightmare fuel.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I kinda doubt China wants to share things with the US. That and I doubt Putin wants the China to be stronger either. I think China would be cool not stepping in the way of the US and Russia so long as they see some opportunities for themselves.

China sees themselves as top dog in the world. The name for China in mandarin Chinese translates to "the central kingdom". They want to exert economic control over the world rather than military. They want to be the country that all the other countries go to for help. Essentially they want the USA's old job.

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but we have to hope as a species that's what China decides. Looking at their history, that's actually likely. But we're basically gambling on a sane decision from the CCP. That's not a place I want to be. Though in fairness, I think most people here would agree with me.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

When I stated china is look for opportunities for themselves, I don't imagine it's anything good for us. Regardless of what Xi's china decides, it won't be good for democracy nor us.

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's about whether US will do the same throw under the bus routine with Taiwan I think. China would love to know that the US won't seriously contest an attempt to invade their neighbor across the strait

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what Taiwan has to do with a supply chain, but yeah, Taiwan falling to China would absolutely be part of the agreement. And as insane as what I'm about to say, especially since I'm Taiwanese, Taiwan would be a tiny footnote if this all goes through. It's nuts that the entirety of the democracy's survival is completely dependent on the will of 3 people and 2 of them have already proven to be completely insane and the third one no one is happy with.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Taiwan is important culturally to China for history reasons. But it's much important financially and technoly wise due to tsmc. That was the true point of the chips act so us technology wouldn't be so reliant of Taiwan but I doubt Trump understands that.

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's far more than historical reasons, Taiwan is complicated at best. I'm not going to claim I know who's right or wrong or literally anything on the topic. All I can say is my personal opinion and on that I hope Taiwan will find a way to keep it's independence regardless of their official standing in the world.

On the chip act. Yes, I agree, very much so...

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Looking into history to determine which territory should belong to which country is such a bullshit.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The reason for this happening now is that Russia is on the verge of collapse and Putin has turned the screws on trump. If things don't go his way the pee tape will leak

Pretty sure its P for pedofile not pee.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They got loads of weapons and ammunition, even soldiers.