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70sEraVet

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7. That last section of that article discusses Europe rejecting US technology!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:43 AM

8 hrs ago

The report highlighted that European nations are accelerating their divestment from U.S. technology.

“Authorities from France to the Netherlands are quietly removing American tech from their systems, adopting European open-source software and urging civil servants to no longer use Microsoft Teams or Office,” it said. “Belatedly, they are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to try to boost Europe’s own private space firms, AI companies, and data centers, to avoid leaning on U.S. juggernauts.”

(same article)

We are becoming ever-increasingly isolated from the 'free world'. We are no longer a trusted partner to anyone, except to the most brutal, oppressive regimes.

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One day people will regret that Trump caused Europe to rearm. yardwork 10 hrs ago #1

I think that Europe will do fine without us -misanthroptimist 10 hrs ago #2

I sincerely hope you're right. yardwork 10 hrs ago #3

Hah! I'm going to use [Redacted] when writing johnnyfins 7 hrs ago #14

It is something that will drive him nuts if it catches on -misanthroptimist 7 hrs ago #15

I've been calling "it" the fat orange imbecile for years now wolfie001 7 hrs ago #18

History is past, time is now... Wounded Bear 8 hrs ago #10

And by post-WWII "they" you mean Germany, I trust? ColoringFool 8 hrs ago #12

You can't disarm and be a member of NATO Bengus81 1 hr ago #24

Trump blundered into helping them nut up. OC375 10 hrs ago #4

It's not a good thing. yardwork 8 hrs ago #6

It weakens the US. Shipwack 5 hrs ago #20

True. OC375 3 hrs ago #22

That makes sense. nt Shipwack 2 hrs ago #23

I look forward to the day when France, Argentina, and any other nations... Trueblue Texan 9 hrs ago #5

Should be noted that tech-nazi Thiel is in Argentina currently nt wolfie001 7 hrs ago #19

That last section of that article discusses Europe rejecting US technology! 70sEraVet 8 hrs ago #7

They don't call it North American Treaty Organization for nothing. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #8

The correct name is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. littlemissmartypants 8 hrs ago #11

Not MAGAty enough for satire. (Need a different word from "North," as.... ColoringFool 8 hrs ago #13

Even if the next Democratic President is lovey-dovey with Europe, the horse has left the barn. NCDem47 8 hrs ago #9

Never thought we could be here, Bayard 7 hrs ago #16

Nazi Germany based some of their laws on Jim Crow laws in the south wolfie001 7 hrs ago #17

The Europeans LOVE Barack Obama! Let's re-elect him again FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #21