Are you sure it's just 'this administration'? I don't think the memory of America as a bully will go away soon, regardless of who comes into power.

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JumpCrisscross 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> don't think the memory of America as a bully will go away

It won't. But going digitally sovereign will cost Europe tens of billions of euros. If there is a friendly race on the other side of the Atlantic, that will not mean the memories go away. But the urgency of the initiative is certainly sapped.

	▲	surgical_fire 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> But going digitally sovereign will cost Europe tens of billions of euros. That will be spent in Europe, improving the economy of member states. Certainly much better than just sending that money to the US.
	▲	piva00 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's tens of billions of euros spent domestically, much better than being siphoned away to the USA to fund this shitshow. At least the money will keep flowing into our own economy, it will hurt but in the longer term it can only be beneficial.

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j_maffe 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You're speaking as if the image of the US as a bully is anything new. It's only Europeans know that are getting a taste of US strong-arming.

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llm_nerd 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Oh for sure, this administration is just a symptom that the US has become an idiocracy levered by a plutocracy. A poorly educated, easily manipulated populace.

Trump is just the result of this, and it isn't going to stop when he kicks it. It'll be the next populist nonsense. The world needs to move on from America.