The entire planet is paying the price of yet another illegal US military action.
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2026
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And everybody is silently eating it and still appeasing the Orange warmonger. ๐ตโ๐ซ
They are? Lol. The US is losing power at an incredible rate right now. China is filling every soft power gap in Africa and the Middle East while Europe is rapidly removing defense contracts and banning US military bases.
banning US military bases
Yeah, it should be like that but it isn't. Where did you get this when Poland is drooling over a new base and Greenland is happy for more US bases?
Base contracts in Germany are not being renewed. France just announced that they'll be making their own weapons instead of buying them from the US.
There aren't going to be more bases on Greenland. The Yuge Deal that Cheeto man is talking about is literally just the same deal that's been in place for 100 years. He didn't get anything. Not sure if he knows and is lying or if his handlers are just telling him he's doing things to keep him happy.
You missed Poland and we'll see about Greenland and Germany bases. EU is speaking about own weapons but at the same time we are still buying American ones bigly.
They just released barrels of diesel at the toddler's command
Lol no. Rutte and Merz are lauding supreme burger for his wisdom in middle east affairs.
And now the Trump administration can celebrate a "victory" since they made EU release a portion of their emergency reserves to lower gas prices in time for the midterm elections. A solution to a problem caused by them, at Europe's expense.
Why they aren't getting slammed for causing this is beyond me.
made EU release a portion of their emergency reserves
Wait that went through? No way
EU error 404: Spine not found
Makes me think EU leaders have some pedophile related dirt they're getting threatened with
It was done to keep the US selling fuel to the EU.
They're not getting slammed because they own the media
Imagine someone could have predicted this inevitable outcome and could have invested that money into reneweable local energy sources /s
Iranians paid the most in this war for greed.
Bill the usa for it.
Only silver lining is that this should push the rollout & further development of alternate even more.
This is a weird headline. Everyone has paid more as prices have increased.
True, except those that are getting paid more.
Spoiler: it ain't me.
Yes, but Europe in particular is highly developed, oil-poor, climatically vulnerable (having both hot summers and cold winters) and not decarbonizing as fast as it should, making it extra-vulnerable to the consequences of America's blatant war of aggression.