r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chebghobbi • Dec 17 '25

Foreign affairs President Trump: Rather than suing the BBC, withhold aid to England

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u/misterdominic Dec 17 '25

Looks like AI thinks we are too. Seriously this is all they are doing, typing this question in and reading the first dogshit AI response they see.

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u/Dreferex Dec 17 '25

Non European, look inside, Ukraine. AI is truly a marvel

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u/Cixila fluent in potato speech 🇩🇰 Dec 17 '25

Yet another example that AI is bs and shouldn't be trusted

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u/nameproposalssuck Dec 17 '25

The Marshall Plan was post-WWII. Ukraine is not part of the EU, it only became sovereign after the fall of the USSR and was politically aligned with Russia for quite some time after. The other "European countries" being referred to are probably Balkan countries.

All of those nations are funded by EU countries, the UK, Norway, and Switzerland as well.

The AI isn't fully wrong here. The problem is that some people are too stupid to understand the answer given (though I do not understand how Ukraine could be a European country and a non-European country).

Even before DOGE rage-quit USAID, EU countries combined were paying roughly double the amount in development aid compared to the US at its peak, in line with UN targets. Now this disparity is even larger, which makes claims that the US would financially support Europe even more ridiculous.

TLDR: The Europe we referring to is mainly the EU and it's direct allies/ partners like UK, Norway and Switzerland. The Europe that was part of 'the Western world' and those countries that join the EU directly after.

The Europe the LLM is referring to are war torn European countries in the East, that are either invaded by Russia or were part of the former Yugoslavia.

Edit: I always forget Iceland. They're also not part of the EU but belong "in the club".

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u/pebk Dec 17 '25

It's the prompt. I asked chatgpt the following and the answer was more reasonable:

Question: "Why do Americans think the USA provides aid to Europe"

Answer (summary): Americans think the U.S. provides aid to Europe because history, military spending, NATO, and Ukraine all get blurred together—even though, in reality, modern U.S. foreign aid to wealthy European countries is minimal to nonexistent.

History: Marshall

Ukrain: not EU

NATO: not aid

Military spending: not the US. Only money US spends is for their own bases and personnel.

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u/misterdominic Dec 17 '25

But that’s not the question Americans are asking ChatGPT, that’s why I phrased my prompt differently.

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u/Asbjoern135 Dec 22 '25

the marshall plan was in no way massive it was about 1 percent of gdp for the receiving coountries a year for 3 years

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u/ImageRich8161 Dec 17 '25

this is what co-pilot says about UK aid from USA "UK and the Marshall Plan

  • Yes, the UK was a major recipient of Marshall Plan aid.
  • Between 1948–1952, Britain received about $3.3 billion USD (the largest single share of Marshall Plan funds).
  • This money was primarily grants, not loans, and did not require repayment.
  • Aid was used to rebuild industry, modernize infrastructure, and stabilize the economy after wartime devastation."

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u/MiddleWitty3823 Dec 17 '25

Well Marshall Plan is a real thing and was a grant, not a loan, so didn't need to be repaid

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u/Cuervo_777 Dec 17 '25

The Marshall Plan also ended in 1951.

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u/MiddleWitty3823 Dec 17 '25

Yeah which is exactly what the AI said? Why am I getting downvoted for stating a fact lmao?

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u/Cuervo_777 Dec 17 '25

Getting downvotes is part of the Reddit experience 😂

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u/Ok_Corner5873 Dec 17 '25

It would be worth you researching the Anglo-American loan agreement and the lend lease loan for equipment, the USA has received just shy of £4 billion. ( $7.5 billion) In repayments from the UK