Europe

[Furniture]

As I wrote above: "There's always been a non-zero amount of that. Europe can't deal with it?"

This is exactly the kind of stuff Europe, and individual European nations, could deal with on their own. Tolerate, or respond. Or invoke Article 5, if they think it will help.

You seem to be displaying fundamental a lack of understanding of what an alliance is supposed to be. One doesn't join a mutual defense alliance to "deal with things" on one's own...

 

[Good2Golf]

As I wrote above: "There's always been a non-zero amount of that. Europe can't deal with it?"

This is exactly the kind of stuff Europe, and individual European nations, could deal with on their own. Tolerate, or respond. Or invoke Article 5, if they think it will help.

Yes, I agree the Europe must now act with no expectation of US substantive support.