If not exactly hostile then definetly untrustworthy, they certainly show that they are willing to blackmail their partners. No one can be surprised that others want to get rid of influence over critical products. I strongly support it.

It's like with russian gas once again, even the root of the problem is the same. One man with infinite power and no accountability for his actions.

Just for clarification. I don't blame Americans, but at least from my perspective, this electoral system is very radical and gives almost "absolute power" to a person or party that almost always has marginally more support. You do not need to compromise by creating coalitions etc.

In the end, it is the fault of us Europeans who blindly believed that any successful candidate would be in our favour and perceived as friendly. Although everyone understands how fragile elections are, this was naively ignored.

That’s a pretty insane take that ignores decades of actual history.

You mean the history of enshittification by the monopolistic US companies with the lack of any regulation in their country? Also, forcing horrible IP laws on Europe. More details: https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/

And the history of NSA spying on the whole world, see PRISM.

You need to believe what your eyes are seeing.

Canadians are taking Trump's threats very seriously, as is Greenland, as is Panama, as is the EU. And for good reason.