it doesn't if you're not an idiot. the us hasn't as much leverage as they have you think. the us cannot push eu too much because that would open up the possibility of the eu switching to russia, ensuring usa total defeat. the only way you can win against either the us or russia is to have europe on your side. the usa cannot do shit to any eu country with their couple hundred of planes jammed on carriers and fight off europe on their own turf. conversely the russian cannot do a thing against the usa with europe in the way, or to europe knowing that the us has europe's back. any way you slice it europe is the pivot not the periphery. that's china, india, the us and russia.
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