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The problem isn't the entire US, it appears to be this regime. So if you can wait out like 2+ years, there may be a return of interest in communal support. Likely never back to the reliance case as was normal for the last decades, but mutual support is worth holding out for.
Similar to Hungary and the EU situation IMO.
This regime won't go away just because they loose an election. Trump might, but not the people who put him in power.
The constant threat that the checks and balances will fail again, will forever be present. Only if the USA has a massive political overhaul may the worries subside. Hence, any trust in the USA as a reliable partner is broken, until something big changes. Democrats winning the next 20 years of elections will still not fix what has been broken in the last few years.
Unfortunately the problem is not just the current administration, the current administration is a symptom of a problem in the American population and the American political system.
Key word here is may, but even if there is a return, the trend has been steadily worse, with Bush being so bad that it raised serious doubts, with a war based on lies, and comments of "you are either with us or against us". Trump being elected once was bad, but Trump being elected twice was the final straw.
The conclusion among NATO allies is clear, and that is that we can no longer trust USA. Even Canada and UK have come to that conclusion as traditionally 2 of the closest allies to USA, even Denmark had to make defensive operations to Greenland, to prepare against an invasion from USA! Denmark has been considered the closest non English speaking ally for decades, for instance member of 7 eyes, where the 5 were English speaking countries. And it was Denmark that warned USA about Cuba getting nukes from Russia in the 60's. Denmark has never failed USA, yet USA threaten to invade the Kingdom of Denmark!!!
Yes, if USA returns to normal we will of course cooperate with USA, but PAX Americana is dead, and we cannot rely on USA for our defense equipment anymore. Incidentally we in Denmark bought F-35 when Obama was president, to help Obama who was in a political pinch over the program. But even Obama did not respect international law, and spied on the governments of allies, and used illegal drone attacks into at least 3 countries, causing 70,000 civilian deaths.
Also with Biden many of the shitty things Trump did were NOT restored, and despite helping Ukraine with equipment, the things that would have made the biggest difference was held back, and Biden put very strict restrictions on Ukraine to not attack into Russia, which was completely insane, because you can't attack the logistics supply lines that feed the front lines.
Ukraine is actually doing better now with no help from USA, because these restrictions have been lifted.
The decision is made in EU, that we need to work towards much greater independence of USA, for instance our reliance on American payment systems is no longer tolerable, and European alternatives are in the works. The same goes for cloud services and other IT solutions, that basically have been illegal in EU for years now, because USA can't be trusted to uphold the agreement about sharing of personal information that was made with the Obama administration.
No not at all, Hungary is a very different problem, that unfortunately EU wasn't designed to deal with. But EU has found ways to handle the current situation anyway, but right now we are just waiting to see if Orban will lose the election in 1-2 weeks.
So sorry but I do not see a return to normal in anything remotely close to the situation before Trump was elected to a 2nd term.
It is not just the administration that is crazy, and has torn up numerous international agreements, threatened allies, and failed numerous times to respect international law.
It is also congress and the people that have failed to reign him in. Even at this time 84% of the people that voted for Trump stand by their vote, and would vote for him again if there was a presidential election today.