Summary

The “Signalgate” scandal confirms the Trump administration’s deep disdain for Europe, viewing it not just as obsolete but actively wanting its demise.

There are 3 major implications: an inevitable trade war where Europe must unite; continued US pressure on Greenland despite European pushback; and Europe needing to support Ukraine not just without US help, but potentially against US interests.

European leaders who stand firm against US bullying are seeing rising approval ratings.

Europe should “with firmness, courage and politeness” chart its own path forward.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    I was dumbfounded the first time my ex-wife tried to tell me that because I was a (former) Catholic at the time, that it wasn’t actually Christianity.

    My exact words were; “Bitch please! We were the fucking original christians, what the fuck are you on about?”

    That was before we got married and I should have listened to my gut in that moment.

    • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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      Bitch please! We were the fucking original christians

      This heretic doesn’t know about East-West schism. OG Christians are Orthodox

      • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I was raised Roman Catholic and I was taught about the schism.

        However, it was framed as the Eastern Orthodox Catholics broke off from mainstream Catholicism, therefore Roman Catholics were the “original Catholics.”

        It does kind of tickle me how much the folks that taught me that, value tradition so highly that they try to rationalize this kind of thing until they once are “traditional.”

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      Southern Baptiats after schisming in order to make the Curse of Ham their dogmatic rationalization of slavery: