I didn’t mean to imply that. Europe actively chose to follow America’s lead in the quid pro quo that defined their alliance for the past 80 years. However, Europe on its own has very few imperialist ambitions; most (but not all) European acts of imperialism over the past three decades have been following in America’s lead, and therefore with Trump having thrown the quid pro quo in the trash and started to actively antagonize Europe it stands to reason that they’ll cooperate with American ambitions far less now.
I didn’t mean to imply that. Europe actively chose to follow America’s lead in the quid pro quo that defined their alliance for the past 80 years. However, Europe on its own has very few imperialist ambitions; most (but not all) European acts of imperialism over the past three decades have been following in America’s lead, and therefore with Trump having thrown the quid pro quo in the trash and started to actively antagonize Europe it stands to reason that they’ll cooperate with American ambitions far less now.