> European influence will counteract US influence in the Americas?

Yes. If you’re Canada or Mexico or frankly anyone else in the Americas, you probably don’t want all your weapons systems to be dependant on American supply chains. And then if you think about it, you probably don’t want all your energy imports dependent on Washington’s noblesse. Et cetera.

American exceptionalism was built on the trust the world put in us getting so unilaterally powerful without being balanced.