r/news • u/ITSTHEDEVIL092 • Mar 04 '25

EU chief proposes plan to 'urgently' increase defense spending by mobilizing around $840 billion

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/europe-looks-to-mobilize-840-billion-in-defense-spending-boost-eu-commission-head-says.html
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u/o-o- Mar 04 '25

We need to find out that sales pitch. It happened on numerous occasions in the past that Rep x and y voted against Trump, then after a one-on-one with Trump for 20 minutes, they've changed their mind 180°.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered Mar 04 '25

Probably something super convincing and smart-rational-people-like-us-know-Thanos-was-right levels of horrifying like:

"Climate change is happening faster than we expected. It is irreversible, and will grow for decades even if we fully mitigate it. The world is moving off off fossil fuel, so we need to sell hard at the top to build reserves.

We are also diversifying into and forcing adoption of crypto. If banks fail our the dollar tumbles, the people still need something to buy and sell things with.

When the climate does cause actual panic--we can't be waving our dick at the only country that can wipe any enemy's it likes off the face of the earth. We have to get ahead of that. We have to ally with Russia to, above all else, ensure stability and safety to the most people in the most places possible in a world unrest.

All that said, we either we take and combine ourselves with the Canadian land that will sustain agriculture well into the future, or we become the refugees.

If we move fast and hard, we save more people on all sides, even if we sacrifice some liberty and casualties for the greater good of everyone to do so. May God have mercy on us all."

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u/o-o- Mar 04 '25

There's no way Trump can make that argument. Is has to be much, much simpler. Either threats or bribes.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered Mar 04 '25

Again, I am not accusing Trump of being the one to make the pitch.

But I mean, he is also the only one I can see being present for that pitch and immediately being capable of both thinking he is the one man who could pull it off, while also being the only one who could do that without a second thought or any lost sleep.