Trump’s tanks got stuck in the mud on the way to the Middle East, and he needs Europe to dig them out. He insists that “we don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won!” and “we don’t need help.” However, Operation Epic Fury has turned out to be an epic failure: $16.5 billion spent in 12 days, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s regime was resuscitated by his son, and Trump’s authority over Europe has dried up quicker than the global oil supply.
Europe is no longer tolerating the USA’s contempt and is turning to each other for defence. While the USA’s protection and allyship with Europe is conditional on whether world leaders fluff Trump’s pillow enough, Western European countries’ shared interests are woven into their borders, and it is France that is replacing the USA as Europe’s protector.
Macron has announced his new “forward deterrence” nuclear policy, meaning that France will not only expand its nuclear arsenal but also collaborate with European partners such as Denmark and Germany and station some nuclear weapons there. Here begins the formation of a new world order, in which we are governed by middle powers. Germany has since agreed to participate in French nuclear exercises, and Donald Tusk, Poland’s Prime Minister, righteously stated, “that our enemies will never dare to attack us.” As much as it pains me, an Englishman, to say this: we should work with France.
Keir Starmer, however, can only hear the European anthem, Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’, faintly through his Downing Street window. While Starmer was waiting for an invite to their explosive celebration, it was France who decided to host. In NATO, there are only three nuclear powers: the US, UK, and France. Therefore, it is presumably the UK or France that would deter European enemies like Russia and China. However, once again, Keir Starmer has stepped forward.
Keir Starmer is refusing to evacuate his penthouse flat during an earthquake because he doesn’t want the building to collapse. It is nonsensical. When the ship is sinking, you jump. But Keir Starmer wants to go down with it.
Opposition leaders are rightfully calling for Keir Starmer to pursue an independent nuclear policy. The Liberal Democrats posted on X, “America, under Trump, is no longer the reliable ally that it once was. We need our own independent nuclear deterrent.” This policy will undoubtedly undermine, if not kill, NATO, because if Europe agrees that the USA’s support for Europe is conditional, we cannot rely on it as a defensive ally.
Our nuclear arsenal, called Trident, relies on the US for regular check-ups and is thus incredibly dependent on them. “Labour are pretending we have a nuclear deterrent despite the fact it doesn’t work & relies on Donald Trump.” While I’m sure Zack Polanski didn’t intend his post on X to provide an excellent argument for nuclear proliferation, it absolutely does.
France has negotiated a deal that allows it to have full sovereignty over the deployment of their nuclear weapons stationed in other countries. If Starmer had dealt with the breakup of the special relationship much quicker, we could have had that power.
Photo by Stephen Cobb on Unsplash
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Trump’s tanks got stuck in the mud on the way to the Middle East, and he needs Europe to dig them out. He insists that “we don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won!” and “we don’t need help.” However, Operation Epic Fury has turned out to be an epic failure: $16.5 billion spent in 12 days, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s regime was resuscitated by his son, and Trump’s authority over Europe has dried up quicker than the global oil supply.
Europe is no longer tolerating the USA’s contempt and is turning to each other for defence. While the USA’s protection and allyship with Europe is conditional on whether world leaders fluff Trump’s pillow enough, Western European countries’ shared interests are woven into their borders, and it is France that is replacing the USA as Europe’s protector.
Macron has announced his new “forward deterrence” nuclear policy, meaning that France will not only expand its nuclear arsenal but also collaborate with European partners such as Denmark and Germany and station some nuclear weapons there. Here begins the formation of a new world order, in which we are governed by middle powers. Germany has since agreed to participate in French nuclear exercises, and Donald Tusk, Poland’s Prime Minister, righteously stated, “that our enemies will never dare to attack us.” As much as it pains me, an Englishman, to say this: we should work with France.
Keir Starmer, however, can only hear the European anthem, Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’, faintly through his Downing Street window. While Starmer was waiting for an invite to their explosive celebration, it was France who decided to host. In NATO, there are only three nuclear powers: the US, UK, and France. Therefore, it is presumably the UK or France that would deter European enemies like Russia and China. However, once again, Keir Starmer has stepped forward.
Keir Starmer is refusing to evacuate his penthouse flat during an earthquake because he doesn’t want the building to collapse. It is nonsensical. When the ship is sinking, you jump. But Keir Starmer wants to go down with it.
Opposition leaders are rightfully calling for Keir Starmer to pursue an independent nuclear policy. The Liberal Democrats posted on X, “America, under Trump, is no longer the reliable ally that it once was. We need our own independent nuclear deterrent.” This policy will undoubtedly undermine, if not kill, NATO, because if Europe agrees that the USA’s support for Europe is conditional, we cannot rely on it as a defensive ally.
Our nuclear arsenal, called Trident, relies on the US for regular check-ups and is thus incredibly dependent on them. “Labour are pretending we have a nuclear deterrent despite the fact it doesn’t work & relies on Donald Trump.” While I’m sure Zack Polanski didn’t intend his post on X to provide an excellent argument for nuclear proliferation, it absolutely does.
France has negotiated a deal that allows it to have full sovereignty over the deployment of their nuclear weapons stationed in other countries. If Starmer had dealt with the breakup of the special relationship much quicker, we could have had that power.
Photo by Stephen Cobb on Unsplash
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