Ukraine war is Europe’s problem, Trump ally tells Labour

the worry is that america may need to have another term of the right wingers and hit rock bottom , like we did, to finally get rid of the clowns.

it’s going to be a time when europe needs to shape up and do without america, and britain hopefully will understand europe is where it’s best interests lie

This is long needed Tbf. Europe has been so pathetic on defense that a kick up the bum is needed.

Very few countries have actually met their nato obligations in the past. And some still aren’t even 2 years after Russia invaded a European neighbour.

To be honest, it’s mostly Merkel’s fault. Germans kept feeding that deluded dictatorship for 3 decades and without US intervention they would keep ramping up the rate of funding of putins army. They really should go to the front lines and pay for what they have done in the name of greed.

Trump is the second biggest risk to the world after Putin. Crazy people should not be allowed to run the country in general, let alone have a say in a war. 

> Elbridge Colby told The Telegraph that the UK should not expect significant support from the US on Ukraine under a second Trump administration, and called for Europe to take “primary responsibility” for the war.
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> He suggested Britain should deploy a “Britain first” approach to defence and security.

The political stupidity of this attitude never ceases to amaze me. There is a reason that Europe continues to rely so heavily on the US for defence, and that reason is that historically US administrations have **wanted** us to. American foreign policy is the default western foreign policy, and that privileged position is bought largely through the outsourcing of defence matters to the US – that doesn’t just include physical defence of Europe but also the ability to project force abroad to influence events around the world. They’re the ones who can affect things, so they’re the ones who get to decide in what manner things should be affected.

The corollary to a resurge in European defence spending is that Europe’s going to be significantly less willing to toe the US line when it comes to making foreign and defence policy decisions, and I don’t think that that’s fully appreciated by those advocating it in the states.

All that said though, in principle from a UK point of view I think that that’s fine in the long term. I think if Europe rebuilds both its military and defence-industrial capabilities to the point that we can guarantee our own security at home and abroad then so much the better. I don’t think that necessarily includes abandoning the Indo-Pacific – there’s some areas we should still be involved, particularly the industrial and technological cooperation with Australia and Japan – but if they want us to focus forces in the Atlantic and Europe – fine.

He is right . There is no need for the UK to pivot to the Pacific. There is very little little Britain can do in the Pacific to counter China . Britain should work with it’s European allies and focus on European security. First and foremost,to secure Europe’s porous borders.