hikuro93
Nice. Symbolism on point. ๐
Shouldn't even be up for consideration at this point. Buy jets from trustworthy people (like EU), and if you want total defense independence start building the framework to build Canadian jets for when these ones approach EoL.
The Asshole-in-chief and his little bumhole.
I'm sure not-nazi Elon has everyone's best interests at heart for going there, right? Right?...
Maybe he's just looking for marketing data to improve his tanked tesla sales. Yeah, must be it.
If anything it's cause for national insecurity, given that if they invade, per NATO rules, an attack on one is an attack on all.
But Trump is used to getting what he wants by breaking the rules and facing no consequences, so I guess it'll be a FAFO thing.
I must admit, I do fear that if it comes to that NATO will fight the usual way - strong worded letter. For a buffoon who can't even read and only responds to a fat stick to the face.
Inb4 Trump starts invading because 2-3 MAGA nuts from Greenland said they wanted to be part of US, so that's plenty of reason for the whole Greenland to need it as well - "they'll see why it's good for them once they're ours, trust me".
Not a twitter/x or bluesky user, never really my type of preferred social media. So I wouldn't miss it.
However we must realize the most crucial factor about X in Europe, the fact that it's a clearly compromised and biased network, highly subject to corruption, division and disinformation.
Would the average person participate and support X if it was owned by a russian oligarch? And that russian propaganda was quite obvious within the social platform?
Some would, sure, but the majority would mistrust it and be far more critical about potentially false information.
So yeah, it should be categorically banned from EU nations. Not because I hate it, but because of the dangers of division it represents to our society. Specially when for those who like X-style platforms there's already "non-regime" alternatives.
Those are rookie numbers.
Gotta pump them up until you randomly see a former oligarch malnourished and in dirty scrapped clothes holding a cup saying "change for the poor" as you exit the local random gas station.
I know, wishful thinking as these sleazebags have safety nets within safety nets, but one can dream.
Sad that they never learn their lesson and we're all stuck in this cycle of:
Rich person buys power > Makes life a living hell for the people > The people revolt and burn everything down > Rich person (hopefully) gets dragged through the streets and has a public medieval-like execution as an example > Peace with rules in place to prevent that from happening again > People generations later get lax > Another rich prick comes along and exploits the weakness of the system and meekness of the people.
And round and round we go. As they say, "Strong men create times of peace, weak men create times of conflict".
As portuguese I'm proud of my country for doing that. I hope this is the start of a more active role within EU, especially because we've been sitting too comfortably as a nation. Also because we're the closest ones to the US and the west EU entry point.
Needless to be said, before the "acshually" movement starts saying "they didn't have an F-35 order", they did have the intention to buy them, just like the old F-16's.
Regardless, Trump is an immature toddler who puts up tariffs against other nations and as soon as they counter him he immediately removes them and starts crying about unfairness.
In his case "not buying the planned F-35's" pretty much = "Blowing up purchased and delivered F-35's to send a message".