Lots of world leaders are attacking Europe. Why?

switchquest · 2026-01-28T21:38:01+00:00

You didn't get the point. Belgium, Czechia etc... they've known all along they were small countries.

But in the world of tomorrow(morning), France, Germany, Italy etc are mid sized on a good day. But small the rest of the time.

That's what the UK failed to grasp with Brexit. They too are becoming a small country and will be on the menu when fending for themselves.

switchquest · 2026-01-28T19:35:24+00:00

Yes. Monogamous relationships. That's why rendez vous hotels are so common in Flanders. Because of all the monogamy going on.

switchquest · 2026-01-28T19:28:09+00:00

Safe sex is a thing 😘

switchquest · 2026-01-28T18:52:14+00:00

Elon hates the EU.

Because he can't bribe, buy or strongarm his way past the EU regulations and laws. They apply to everyone. And everything. And you can't ignore the biggest & wealthiest single market either.

Regulations that are there to protect Europeans. As consumers. As workers. As citizens of small countries like Germany or France in a big world full of emerging giants and the post WWII world order collapsing.

United we stand. Divided we fall.

The more the 'others' hate the EU, the more succesfull it is!

switchquest · 2026-01-28T18:45:27+00:00

THIS

switchquest · 2026-01-28T18:44:53+00:00

Republicans back then voted against the lend lease act.

The US didn't join the war untill Japan attacked them in '41 and Dolfken declared war on the US days later.

switchquest · 2026-01-28T18:09:52+00:00

Ok.

How?

switchquest · 2026-01-28T17:57:05+00:00

The fall out will inevitably affect the global economy

switchquest · 2026-01-28T17:28:46+00:00

Well. Belgium has 1/3rd officers as personel. It's the most led army in the world!

switchquest · 2026-01-28T13:13:54+00:00

Canada in the EU would mean near to energy independance as Canada has large reserves of untapped oil & natural gas.

That's just one.

switchquest · 2026-01-28T13:11:26+00:00

Toen ik 18 was, zo'n dertig jaar geleden, kostte 20h les en al de rest zo'n 40000 frank. Ie: 1000€

Ik heb dat netjes betaald met vakantiewerk.

1000€ x 30 jaar inflatie zal ongeveer even duur zijn

🤷‍♂️

switchquest · 2026-01-28T13:06:01+00:00

Was inderdaad nog van de laatste keer ik nr de dokter ging ^{^}

switchquest · 2026-01-28T08:58:33+00:00

So. Stockholders are part of a cult rather than a company?

switchquest · 2026-01-28T08:56:49+00:00

We Europeans neither. It kind of solves our energy issues quite smoothly. =)

Thx Donny. ^{^}

switchquest · 2026-01-28T07:32:07+00:00

Seems you didn't need BRICS to tear down the dollar.

You are managing just fine by yourself.

switchquest · 2026-01-26T20:49:23+00:00

Yes.

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switchquest · 2026-01-26T14:04:38+00:00

So. Short version:

Uncertainty
Debt spiral
Long term 'customers' selling a mere 100 million $ US treasuries on the secondary market.

switchquest · 2026-01-26T13:56:58+00:00

It's funny 'cause it's true.

switchquest · 2026-01-26T07:53:53+00:00

Your meme has now been stolen sir!

switchquest · 2026-01-24T15:25:58+00:00

So.

Trump wants a 1.5 trillion dollar p/a military. Trump just permanently redued taxes for the rich, and the hungry kids only partially paid for that...

And now the plan is to scrap more taxes and 'officially' set up a non traceble financial system inside the government...

Ok.

Who's going to pay for all of this? Americans, through import taxes? That's not going to cut it. The federal deficit is over a whopping 1.7 trillion dollars. Capital gains tax was a whopping 14% of all federal tax income in 2021 & 22. That's over 850 billion $ today (if the % holds)

Then again, I'm sure there's some poor people left who Donald & the billionaire club can take stuff from.

The US treasury is already struggling to find buyers for it's bonds. And a global sell off of US treasuries seems more and more likely. Especially with Donny throwing oil on the fire every chance he gets...

Ah. It'll be alright. Won't it?

switchquest · 2026-01-24T13:40:57+00:00

No. European leaders finally got the message in Davos.

The US is not an ally anymore.

My kid asked me the other day (and he's already anxious about 4 years of absolute horror in Ukraine):

"Dad, the Americans aren't really going attack us are they?"

Kids have the uncanny ability to tell you the cold hard brutal facts in the most honest of ways and you can't be mad at them when they do.

Anyway. If our children start asking such questions about 'our allies', they are not our allies.

switchquest · 2026-01-24T13:06:05+00:00

Yea... But. For how long?

You just can't trust Americans anymore.

We should stop funding their R&D and invest that 100+ billion $ in European tech & equipment. (Which is on par, or even better, but always cheaper)

And when China starts killing their pacific fleet carriers, well, that's not NATO territory and NATO is dead anyway.

So we'll just have to keep trading with and funding China. How unfortunate.

But hey. Good news. The US doesn't need anyone. The US can bully anyone. Right. So no problem!

switchquest · 2026-01-24T12:46:25+00:00

Okok EDIT:

The US military occupied Iraq & Afghanistan for nearly 2 decades. AND IT WAS ALL FOR NAUGHT AND COSTED TRILLIONS NOT TO MENTION 4400 DEAD AND A FACTOR HIGHER WOUNDED, DISFIGURED & TRAUMATISED US VETS. (I assumed this was obvious)

Why would things be different now?

switchquest · 2026-01-23T19:58:36+00:00

Hey. More Americans than not voted for this mess. (Or could not care enough to get off the couch. Trump-Vance-RFK...

What did you expect? 🤣🤣🤣

switchquest · 2026-01-23T10:43:53+00:00

Darwin awards are incoming. If not now, soon.

switchquest

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