I'm an American living _in_ Europe for over a decade and I've been going crazy watching the EU willfully remain a weak and insignificant vassal to the US when it _could_ be much, much stronger. It's insane watching them go back to their abuser over and over and over and acting surprised when the abuser behaves exactly like they said they would.

What do you mean by "weak" and "vassal"?

Do a mental experiment. Suppose that the US disappeared. What would Europe do differently?