With Friends Like the Europeans, Who Needs Enemies?

[Elderberry]

The Post & Email by Jeff Crouere 1/18/2026

The media and the political establishment like to refer to European countries as great allies of the United States. However, is that true? Most European leaders are leftists who believe in big government, climate change, open borders, and never-ending wars. All these principles were rejected by American voters in the election of President Donald Trump.

Europe has been swindling Americans for decades, as our country has provided expensive military protection, allowing them to establish lavish welfare states. Since their military funding was limited, these countries had the ability to offer extensive government programs, early retirement, minimal work weeks and other extravagances for their citizens.

Fortunately, President Trump demanded that European countries increase their military spending. At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit last December, members “made a commitment to investing 5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually” on “core” national defense by 2035. Finally, NATO countries will relieve the financial toll on the United States.

In the meantime, the United States continues to carry most of the burden for European defense. In February of 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting a war that has lasted almost four years.

By December of 2025, the European Union (EU) and their 27 member states spent $197 billion on military, humanitarian, financial and in-kind assistance for Ukraine. However, the United States alone, as of June 2025, provided Ukraine with more than $207 billion in military and humanitarian assistance and loans.

Thus, even though the war is in Europe, the United States, located 5.705 miles away, has contributed more to the defense of Ukraine than their neighboring countries combined.

Our country’s leadership in the response to the war in Ukraine is nothing new. Since 1917, the United States has been coming to the rescue of Europe. In World War I, the United States suffered 116,000 deaths, while 204,000 Americans were wounded.  In World War II, the total number of American casualties was 407,316 killed and 671,278 wounded.

More: https://www.thepostemail.com/2026/01/18/with-friends-like-the-europeans-who-needs-enemies/

[Fishrrman]

As I was saying just yesterday:
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=576538.msg3263487#msg3263487

[Cyber Liberty]

As I was saying just yesterday:
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=576538.msg3263487#msg3263487

That post makes sense.  Too many of our traditional allies have allowed themselves to deteriorate due to their allowing unchecked illegal immigration from the third world.  This is why Trump was elected President twice.

[verga]

 

[The_Reader_David]

Somehow all the anti-NATO types forget that the only member to every invoke Article 5 was the United States, after 9/11, and that other NATO countries answered the call to help in Afghanistan.  The Brits controlled Helmand Province, and as a descendant of Vikings (my far mor far was a Norwegian from the Vik) I fondly remember the news reports of the Norwegian contingent going into battle against the Taliban shouting "Til Vahal!!".  As an Orthodox Christian, I love the fact that for a while, Afghanistan had an Orthodox Church:  Holy Trinity Kandahar, built by the Romanian contingent.  Our little mission church (near Fort Riley) received into the Orthodox Church at least one convert who first encountered Orthodoxy, while serving in Afghanistan. Yeah, the Germans mostly provided logistical support, rather than troops, but this notion spouted by Trump, that NATO wouldn't be there for the US is simply false as proved by actual history.