RT: Zelensky says US doesn’t care about EU; BBC: Frenemies?

More and more in Europe are making public calls to arm. Notice the following:

January 22, 2025

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday in the European Parliament.

“If Europe is to survive, it needs to be armed,” he said. …

Since his first term, Trump has threatened to pull the U.S. out of the military alliance, insisting European countries chip in more money on defense rather than rely on the U.S. to pick up the slack on defense spending.

“Don’t ask America what it can do for our security. Ask yourselves what we can do for our own security,” Tusk advised lawmakers. https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-needs-to-be-armed-to-survive-says-donald-tusk/

22 January 2025

The European Union must boost its defence spending to “prepare for the worst” and be able to defend itself “alone if needed” against a belligerent Russia, the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday. …

France’s President Emmanuel Macron called on Monday for Europe to “wake up” and step up its defence spending to reduce its dependence on the US for security.

“What will we do in Europe tomorrow if our American ally withdraws its warships from the Mediterranean?” he asked an audience of French military service members at the Army Digital and Cyber Support Command in western France. “If they send their fighter jets from the Atlantic to the Pacific?” …

The newly appointed European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius, agreed that a collective approach can make a big difference to Europe’s preparedness for military, if not hybrid, threats.

“We can no longer afford the fragmented approach. We need a real Big Bang approach to increase defence production and acquisition,” the former Lithuanian prime minister told the audience at the EDA conference.

Kubilius stressed the need for interoperable weapon systems, aggregated demand for the defence industry, and more projects of common European interest, such as the air defence shield, the cyber shield, and the Northern and Eastern Border Initiative. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/22/eu-must-spend-more-than-1-of-gdp-on-defence-to-prepare-for-the-worst-kallas-says

The World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland is still going on. Notice something :

Behind closed doors in Davos: Leaders discuss Europe’s path with Trump

22 January 2025

Global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos have voiced urgent calls for Europe to rethink its economic and regulatory strategies, especially with Donald Trump back in power in the US. …

The discussions, which took place during an exclusive executive roundtable lunch, hosted by Massimo Andolina, CEO, Europe region, Philip Morris International (PMI) … Andolina warned that Europe is “sleepwalking into a catastrophe” …

Former European Council President, Charles Michel, also urged swift action. “We should talk less and act more in Europe,” he said during the discussion. …

Across the discussions, there was agreement that Europe must work together to remain competitive on the global stage, especially with the US economy growing under Trump’s leadership, despite rising public debt. Leaders emphasised collaboration as the key to addressing economic, technological, and geopolitical challenges. https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/01/22/behind-closed-doors-in-davos-leaders-discuss-europes-path-with-trump-back-in-power

Zelensky says US doesn’t care about EU

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has said that the United States does not prioritize Europe as a top concern and urged European countries to bolster their defense efforts. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, he highlighted the need for Europe to take a more active role in its own security, especially in light of shifting US foreign policies.

Zelensky raised concerns about Washington’s view of its relationship with Europe, arguing that Europeans see the US as an irreplaceable ally, especially during wartime.

“But does anyone in the United States worry that Europe might one day leave them or stop being their ally? The answer is no. Washington does not believe that Europe can bring them anything truly significant,” he added.

The Ukrainian leader also referenced comments made by US officials at the Asia Security Summit last year, saying that representatives of the then-Biden administration had openly admitted that Europe was placed third in strategic priority, following the Indo-Pacific region and the Middle East.

Zelensky also warned that Europe will lose relevance on the global stage if it fails to assert itself. “Europe cannot afford to be a second or third priority for its allies. If that happens, the world will move forward without Europe. And it will be a world where it will not be comfortable to live,” he said. 01/21/25 https://www.rt.com/russia/611428-zelensky-says-us-doesnt-care/

Well, Donald Trump does care about the EU. Basically, he considers that it has been defended by the USA, been ripping off the USA, and is not carrying its weight.

It is believed that he would like to see it broken up into pieces so it cannot be any future threat to the USA.

Last Fall, a reader sent me a link to a video, which I watched, titled, Trump wants to ‘aggressively’ spread Brexit throughout Europe | Yanis Varoufakis 11/13/24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhCnvVinnGQ.

“He has an agenda… essentially to make Brexit spread all over the European continent.”

Trump will apply “aggressive actions” to the European Union as he sees it as “a clear present danger to the United States”, says former Greek finance minister @YanisVaroufakis. pic.twitter.com/IRjpeK6vzm

— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) November 13, 2024

In the video, Yanis Varoufakis, former Minister of Finance for Greece, asserted that “Donald Trump sees the European Union as a clear and present danger to the United States.” He also asserted that Donald Trump wants more Brexit actions (other nations to leave the EU). He also asserted that Europe needs to see Donald Trump as a threat and take action.

Many in Europe are outraged that Donald Trump is back in office.

They not only did not like him the first time, they were not pleased with his support of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Donald Trump was perhaps the best known non-Brit that supported Brexit (the BRitish EXIT from the European Union).

Notice something from the BBC:

Best of ‘frenemies’: Trump’s relationship with Europe this time may be very different

Despite facing a whole raft of its own domestic difficulties – not least in leading EU countries, Germany and France – Europe has been very Trump-focused since he won the US presidential election in November. …

Trump … He’s convinced that Europe has taken advantage of the US for years and that’s got to stop. …

It’s a Europe that recognises the need to spend more on defence, as he demands; that is far warier of China, as he expects, and that is more right-leaning in its politics, as he prefers.

Is it a Europe whose leaders also stand up to Trump, despite threats and bluster, if they feel he crosses a line – be it over human rights, free speech or dallying with dictators?

The next chapter in relations between transatlantic frenemies waits to be written. 01/21/25 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ll927v18o

As far as the next chapter for frenemies, in my 2025 book, Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies?, I wrote the following:

Some believe that Donald Trump’s positions on trade will lead to a global trade war.[i] Europe has said it will hit back against Donald Trump’s tariff policies.[ii] It is my position that trade disputes will be a factor in Europe taking military action against the USA one day.

One of the unintended consequences of Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs and other trade matters is that it is motivating nations he has threatened to look to trade more with each other.

The morning after his reelection, I wrote:

According to the major media, Donald Trump won re-election. … Europe will get more serious about trade deals with others internationally, such as being more motivated to approve the trade deal with the Mercosur block of South America.[iii]

On December 6, 2024, Politico reported that the European Union approved the massive Mercosur trade deal, despite opposition from France and others, and also pointed to Donald Trump’s reelection as a factor.[iv]

Energy and climate policy differences between the Europeans and Donald Trump look to increase the negative view many in Europe already have about the USA.

[i]^{Islam F. Will Trump’s victory spark a global trade war? BBC, November 7, 2024}

[ii] ^{Vella JH. EU’s game plan for Trump trade war: ‘Hit back fast and hard.’ Polico.eu, October 21, 2024}

[iii]^{Thiel B. Media declares Donald Trump won the election–now what? y Donald trump y eventos para observar. COGwriter, November 6, 2024}

[iv] ^{Gijs C, Leali G. EU snubs France to seal huge Latin American trade deal. Politico, December 6, 2024}

(Thiel B. Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? Nazarene Books, 2025)

The EU is upset that Americans voted for Donald Trump and it does NOT want other nations to leave it.

Furthermore, yesterday the Europeans complained about Donald Trump pulling the USA out of the Paris Climate Accords (see WEF’s Davos conference is concerned about Donald Trump).

Furthermore, its disdain and mistrust for Donald Trump is one reason that Europe has been increasing its military spending.

Some think Europe would never rise up and be a military threat to the USA and that people there are not militaristic.

However, the Bible shows that the USA will be conquered by a coming European power in Daniel 11:39.

Furthermore, regarding some European resistance of becoming militaristic, consider also the following prophecy:

5 “Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6 I will send him against an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations. (Isaiah 10:5-7)

The end time Assyrians are those of Central Europe peoples.

Notice that many DO NOT THINK THEY WANT TO CONQUER, BUT DEEP DOWN THEY DO.

Others think Europeans and American are friends and this could never happen. Notice something else in my book Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency:

Because of not accepting and understanding biblical prophecies, many political and other leaders will be hoping for and believing in a false peace. The sudden destruction to come is likely to include a nuclear or other high tech attack, and could possibly happen in conjunction with a NATO training or other exercise that would catch the USA and its Anglo-Saxon-Celtic allies off guard. Other nations are likely to also be involved.

The USA will be attacked by “friends” consistent with the following:

¹How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!

How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!

The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!

² She weeps bitterly in the night,
Her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers
She has none to comfort her.

All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies. cf. Lamentations 1:1-2).

Notice the one who was “great among the nations” will be conquered by friends, who will become enemies.

The USA was prophesied to be “great” in Genesis 48:19 and is considered by international sources to be great among the nations of the world today.[i]

[i]^{Hartig H. Majority of Americans say U.S. is one of the greatest countries in the world. PEW Research Center, August 29, 2023}

(Thiel B. Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? Nazarene Books, 2025)