Nato leaders agree not to mention World Cup to Donald Trump to avoid irritating him
Nato leaders have informally agreed not to mention the football World Cup to Donald Trump for fear of irritating the US president at a crucial time for the military alliance.
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In the first open acknowledgment of the strategy, the Belgian prime minister, Bart De Wever, told reporters in Ankara he would not be discussing his country’s 4-1 win over the US earlier this week.
Look, can everyone please do their best not to annoy the bumbling pedophile? Thank you - your cooperation is appreciated.
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Just bully the fuck out of him until he has another stroke
Stop placating the old bitch
Some recent reports claimed EU needs about 10 years to become militarily independent from USA. Some other reports claim that Russia is planning on testing NATO in the near future. Most countries realize now they can't rely on USA anymore but not talking about football is small price to pay for keeping the alliance together a little big longer.
Here's the thing, barring a nuclear weapon I think Poland or Finland all by themselves could take Russia and there's no one else really threatening Europe at the moment.
Trump also doesn't respect placation, it just invites him to go harder. What he does respect is popularity and violence. He's cool with Mamdani because the mayor is popular, he's deferential to Putin because Putin projects violence.
People keep thinking Russia wants to fully invade Europe and send their tanks to Lisbon or something. They don't. They want to invade the Baltic States. Are those strong enough to stop Russia? No. They will need help. They need NATO.
Poland and Finland most likely can withstand invasion the same way Ukraine did but what will happen to EU economy when part of free market is now under Russian occupation and some of it's members are waging war on their territories? What will people do when drones and rockets start falling on their cities?
What Russia wants is to destabilize Europe. Russia is now more and more dependent on China. So.. what does China want?
Their official concern (which I don't believe is authentic, I think they just want to feel powerful) is that they're worried that an invading force that reaches the steppe can just cruise through central Russia - which means they'll need to draw a line from the Baltic's to the black sea through Poland and Ukraine.
My personal opinion is that China and the CCP is primarily concerned with internal stability, undoing the century of humilation, and increasing ethnic homogeny through subjugation.
Long term I can see conflict between China and Russia over outer Manchuria, especially when the stresses of climate change begin to impact the Earth.
However, Russia has nuclear weapons.
True, but clearly it feels like using them to conquer their neighbors would have negative results
Metro 2035 moment
There's no avoiding rocking the boat with a narcissist. There's no placating them. The only ways to deal with them is to bully them or ignore them.
Yes but you don't have to rock the boat more just for fun. No talking about football is a small price to pay for keeping the alliance together a little big longer.
NATO Leader A: Don't mention any of his failures as it would trigger him
NATO Leader B: So we have sit in complete silence then?
Because he's a special baby snowflake.
Spineless
If people have to use kid gkoves with you it is because you have the fortitude of a child.
Cowards. They should have a giant poster of Stormy with the Belgian team on the wall.
Why? Why not irritate the heck out of him? If you can make him crack, do it ASAP.
That deranged child diddler is in charge of the the world's greatest nuclear / military superpower. Anything can happen with him with a literal press of a button
I'd rock his cradle until he tries to. Using that excuse as a lever against his allies would be a great new low for his supporters to think about. Spell it all out donny chump.
The emperor is naked.
Pedro Sánchez, Spanish PM, said he had an informal conversation with Trump about soccer and the World Cup.
https://xcancel.com/clashreport/status/2074869832990740508
Trump knows nothing about soccer, so it should have looked like an elevator talk.
I think they should be subtle about it.
"Do you want a soda Mr Trump? I have 1-4 you here".
He’s too stupid for word play
The way Macron and the others lick Trump's feet is pathetic.
Pedro Sanchez claimed Wold Cup was the only thing he discussed with Trump. Is that's what pissed Trump so much? :D
https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20260708/11587624/sanchez-desvela-charla-cordial-trump-sobre-futbol-golf-pese-amenazas.html
Bastards didn't warn him?
Belgian waffles for every G7 breakfast.
I heard he rearranged the conference with his men to be the elephant in the room, he was ready to go nuke lol
Beyond embarrassing.
to the point where i actually loled at this post. i hate it
If they irritate him it might raise his blood pressure and that's bad for someone so fucking old. Do it
Do it. Do it. Do it!
I double dog dare ya
There's no way he isn't on blood pressure medication, maybe 2 or 3 different ones.
Narrowly Avoiding Tantrums Organization
And they won't mention 12 year old girls as that might get him too excited.
Why are all the world's leaders kissing his ass? Why doesn't anyone have the balls to tell him no, he's an idiot?
They are treating him like you would treat a dementia patient.
That fits
He is the commander-in-chief of the world's most advanced military and second largest nuclear stockpile on Earth. Despite the United States' economic woes, he also wields great influence over a massive trade partner with the EU.
Until the Europeans can successfully deleverage most of their integration with the United States military and economy, the pragmatic thing to do is only pick fights where it's absolutely necessary.
Personally, for what it's worth, I wouldn't want to cede one millimeter of proverbial ground to what is clearly the worst president of all time. However, I understand the tactical decision being made.
Nuclear bombs.
Endless military bases sprinkled around Europe.
The capability for dealing economic damage.
A cabinet of sycophants.
A cult-like following.
Why antagonize him while it's much easier to appeal to him and make him sign stupid deals in your favor he wil call victories?
What good are deals that he's going to tear up and ignore next week?
If you piss him off, you get an instant tariff or "stop all relations with …" (see Spain). Agreements may not hold well, but at least you have a default way of working when he's not having a tantrum.
They all have the same billionaire handlers.
Ah, yes, appeasement. Why was that never tried before?
Well you don't hear about all the times it prevented a world war
Indeed, just the specific time when it directly enabled one
Ironically, it actually did its job pre WWII.
Chamberlain realised he had fucked up. Britain didn't have the forces to actually resist the Nazis. Appeasement was to buy them time to rearm. When the war actually started, Chamberlain fell on his proverbial sword, to give Churchill a clean slate and a functional military to work with.
It's Europe. Just switch to another language. Hell, just call it football and he won't know.
Bunch of fucking cowards.
Pussies. Given the opportunity I'd piss him off every chance I had.
As enticing as that sounds, youre seriously putting peoples lives at risk to do so.
the world has to learn to do without the US sooner or later. might as well be sooner.
if they're planning on that, then I agree with the play. if they're not planning on that and want to continue with the US in as big a role as previously, then fuck 'em.
of course, I don't know which it is. but it's obviously the right play to make meaningless moves to appease him.
That's a him problem not a me problem. Also perhaps that would help getting him impeached
You mean that's a the people at risk problem
Nah, I’m a middle aged white straight overweight male. What minority is he going to punish? Magats? I say bring it on then.
So basically one of the last people to feel it if he DOES punish people.
Probably.
He's already hurting people. It's beyond time to start pissing him off. And stop stroking his fragile ego
Opportunity to do the funniest fucken thing ever, lame.
Whiny bitch
What a crybaby
Isn't it lovely how headlines are about sports while Europeans are seemingly still committing to the goal of spending five fucking percent of their gdp for their military? Schools, hospitals, universities, railways... all that will suffer for tanks and the headlines are still just about how somebody doesn't mention that ludicrous display last night to some jerk.
While it sucks, Europe has to do it. It's not threatened just by Russia anymore, but by US itself these days
Drumpf is literally every other day threatening to invade Denmark, an EU member for no reason whatsoever. It's quite insane
Also, you never know who Americans could elect next time, or time after that. Maybe someone even more unhinged.
Europe must be able to defend itself
Working towards 5% isn't really that stupid for most European countries as long as Russia is spending as much money as it can on weapons. It will only become a waste of money after the implosion of the Russian oligarchy. I am not in favor of spending that much money of things that kill stuff, but it makes total sense to continue doing that for now.
No, you need to be able to defend against the United States. They are the biggest world threat right now. The leadership is incompetent, but they have an overwhelming advantage in firepower and are very dangerous.
The US in it's current form is definitely a threat to Europe in many ways, but not a military one. Not even in the case of an armed conflict about Greenland. I could see the leadership ordering to, but I can't see the soldiers on the ground shoot at people they've been training and fighting with their entire career. There will be mass defection on the side of the US if they are ordered to shoot (by then former) nato-allies. Unlike Russian 'soldiers', the fear of torture/execution will not motivate them.
Read up on your military history. That comradery is common at the start of so many past conflicts and they have a playbook.
They will handpick the first few groups of soldiers to go in specifically selected to be comfortable killing unarmed European civilians and soldiers alike. Oops, they commited an atrocity, my bad, I'll throw them in jail. But before that, the other side seeks their revenge and now the regular American soldiers who would have refused to fight a few days ago are getting slammed every nasty which-way and fight back. Both sides learn the other side is pure evil, and never notice the brass pulling the strings.
They will definitely shoot European troops. Maybe there are some that wouldn't, but they would be branded pussies and punished. The vast majority will. They will fire on American citizens.
Russia's threat is real. Whether they need 5% or less could be discussed, but military spending is necessary. Plus if they're smart, that money stays in European's companies, jobs, etc.
Most european countries have embraced neo-liberalism at various paces. If they're short on money, they could tax their billionaires based on their wealth. They don't. No one does, therefore: it's a political ideology to have financial issues and cut through public services, healthcare, social support, etc.
They're scared of losing the American security guarantee and this is what it costs them to create a comparable EU guarantee.
Just remember that American security guarantee came with all sorts of expensive economic strings they will no longer have to deal with.
Sure, but there was another comment here complaining about having to spend about 5% of the GDP to make up the difference.
Why kid gloves with this dumb fucker? Tell him to go pound sand and shove more hamberders down his nasty gullet. You'll do the world a favor.
Oh no he'll call you childish names, shit his diapers, and write drug-fueled unhinged tweets at three in the morning. The tariffs will be on us, the citizens of this shithole, not you. The sooner y'all grow spines the better. Never EVER cave to bullies.
When babies cry and whine it is very annoying and just disrupts productivity. Therefore people will often alter their behavior when around them to ensure a quiet and productive atmosphere.
You have to protect the Orange Pedo from his failures.
doesn't even matter he'll sleep through the whole thing
the world can only hope
(that it's a really long nap).
it's unfortunate the meetings weren't in brussels at nato hq.
Imagine all of the Belgium delegation coming in wearing their national team shirts and crowing "rescind this!" at Trump.
While everyone else runs around like headless chickens.
Honestly, that would have been fucking hilarious.
Neville Chamberlain.
No one up set Shitler, the weakest loser on the planet/republicans wet dream
Sure it's an Onion joke about Trump.
To me it's more proof of how the rest is nothing but a pathetic bunch of vassals.
If NATO wasn't a thing, the EU would have needed to create a NATO like defense apparatus internally, and that would have cost them money. Keeping America in was a great way for Europe to keep its defense costs down.
EU doesn't need NATO.
The only enemies we have are the US enemies they create for their own interest.
Our defense costs would be down if we weren't victims of their vulgar mafia protection racket.
According to the spending that EU countries are doing in preparation for an American departure, it seems like the cost of defense is going up.
Well that was a genius plan from the USSA and their vassal sell out EU 'leaders'.
They could never get the EU to pay more than they already did.
And look now, the so-called 'loose cannon' Trump creates an artificial rift with the Greenland BS (The tariffs are an extra bonus) And suddenly our 'leaders' can declare we're on our own and defenseless against an imaginary enemy so we need to buy massively more (US of course) war shit. And fast! And what will happen in 2028?
Some 'respectable' Dem warmonger will become president and just like that we're friends again.
Well played.
No mention please inflame tensions and collapse this imperialist alliance.
It is so incredibly embarrassing how the US is captured by fairies.
Twice.
Finally something I have in common with Donald Trump.
Such a joyous occasion.
“I went to your American restaurant Dairy Queen and they make me this nice tasty whirled cup of ice cream and turn jt upside like so. I eat so fast I’m belchin’ “