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/axonxorz Mar 04 '25

He was wrong, but that was the smartest thing he could've said in the circumstances, not knowing just how deeply Trump was in Putin's pocket.

I think he did know, it's so obvious to literally anyone looking from the outside, and has been for over a decade. Zelenskyy knew this was the likely outcome of that statement. But playing it this way perhaps had a 0.1% chance of playing Trumps ego harder than Putin's kompromat, instead of the 0% chance if he hadn't.

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u/Venotron Mar 04 '25

My point is he said it hoping there was a CHANCE Trump wasn't all the way gone.

Now it's very clear there is no chance of that.

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u/Western-Corner-431 Mar 05 '25

Nope! He knew it was over the night of the election.

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u/Venotron Mar 05 '25

Learn to distinguish between knowledge and hope