3. EU leaders agreed to give Ukraine another half a billion euros in military aid b...

EU leaders agreed to give Ukraine another half a billion euros in military aid but rejected the idea of fast-tracking Kyiv's EU membership bid

I am arguing against your reasoning, which I believe to be completely false.

My reasoning? The bottom line is that Europe is not shelling out money for defense and are happy to let Americans suffer so they do not have to pay for military. Whatever the POTUS gets out of this deal has no relevance to the mass suffering the citizens endure due to it.

No, "an entire generation" has been screwed over because the US prioritises low taxes over sensible policy because "freedumb". Also, US military is very unlikely to decrease following European budget increases. The US will very easily lobby its way out of this. Do you seriously think the US would give up bases like Ramstein? lol.

Yes it has, US had very progressive taxes until the 70s.

The US always had a low tax-to-GDP ratio

No it has not, during and after WW2 the US would tax anyone making more than 100k a year with 93% income tax. This ended in the 70s with Reagan and Nixon's right wing agenda.

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