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None of that requires Germany separating itself from the U.S. sphere of influence.
That's your contention and your position on what Germany will do, not mine. What I posted is what I think the average German is thinking right now.
You're already seeing that gap reflected in formal diplomatic circles, as the U.S. and Europe are circulating competing and inconsistent resolutions on Ukraine in the General Assembly.
Peace talks were making zero progress towards getting anyone to the table prior to Trump taking action. What everyone is missing is that every day the war grinds on, more people die, more stuff is blown up and the misery continues. That's the most important thing to consider here and not if some diploweenie's panties wind up in a bunch.
But if the aim is to have them be in a position to defend against a potential invasionary force without being able to rely on the U.S. to honor our NATO commitments,
Sigh. The US will honor its commitments. You guys are so far down the rabbit hole that you don't see any big picture anymore. Did Trump pull all our resources out of Germany? Italy? Did he move them to Poland or locate them all stateside? The answer is he did nothing of the sort.
BTW Trump has been supporting of moving assets to Poland...which is even CLOSER and MORE PROVACATIVE to Russia.
Which gives all of them more military power to throw around independent of NATO, which makes everything more dangerous.
I think your concept of military size is a bit dated. For some euro power to dominate the globe - or even be a huge player in it - they'd need to spend 10% of their GDP or better for decades.
I'll remind you that even at the height of it Nazi Germany was NOT a global power as they never had the ability to project power outside of the European continent and northern Africa. Only the US and the UK were at the time.
