U.S. forces are currently stationed across Poland, Romania, and the Baltic states to deter further Russian aggression and reassure allies in the region.
There goes yet another pillar of our layered defense of the US. Stripping every bit from soft power, economic power, political relations, geopolitical position, and now outright military defense of our allies doesn’t seem like a trajectory to protect the nation, but more like a “how can we get Russia to love us like our father never did” kind of move.
I’m pretty sure one of the reasons (if that is the correct word, Trump seems to operate without reason) that Trump is pulling the military and foreign aid is_because_ of the term ‘soft power’
There goes yet another pillar of our layered defense of the US. Stripping every bit from soft power, economic power, political relations, geopolitical position, and now outright military defense of our allies doesn’t seem like a trajectory to protect the nation, but more like a “how can we get Russia to love us like our father never did” kind of move.
I’m pretty sure one of the reasons (if that is the correct word, Trump seems to operate without reason) that Trump is pulling the military and foreign aid is_because_ of the term ‘soft power’