I am really glad to see that you adjusted the course of this channel. Those who don't want to piss off anyone, eventually piss off everyone. Nice to see that you're taking a stand now.
Yeah. I agree fully. Of course I have to admit, I wouldn't "enjoy" if he had turned out to be MAGA, but I would have been glad to know not to pay him more attention.
Ryan has absolutely NOT taken a stand. He has repeatedly lambasted Russia for its criminal invasion of Ukraine but he has yet to lambast Western European countries for their support for the g cide in Gaza or participation in the illegal US/Israeli war against Iran. Ryan is a hypocrite who believes that international law should only be applied when countries he likes are attacked. When countries he's been told are our enemy are attacked, Ryan says nothing. That's a total lack of principles. That's *avoiding* taking a stand.
@user-wc8fp4cx6c I would like to see one of you people once only once to come up with a reasonable explanation on how to end hamaz. They dont wear uniforms you know? Also stop using the word g*cide so inflationary until they have been judged upon by the actual courts responsible for it. As of right now, they havent been. Explain how there is such g*cide yet the numbers of palestinians keeps growing. Are they just the worst people to do g*cide because they are utterly incompetent at it or maybe they are not doing it? I dont remember them chanting or having the actual goal of g*cide even once. Go ahead answer my questions but we all know, you will not, you can not because you know nothing of the conflict just another bamboozled person by propaganda.
I think the problem is that Europe does not speak with one voice. If the us president says tommorrow there are tariffs, tommorrow there will be tariffs. In Europe even ursula von der layen does not have that much power over the eu states. Technically tariffs are decided by the eu but there would be member states that will not do that and dance out of line. Then there would be months of discussions and discusions and at the end there will be a agrement that has no power anymore.
@CrispyRichter Two things: 1) You are confusing the EU with Europe. The EU is 27 states, not the whole of Europe. 2) The EU is not a sovereign state but a union formed by treaties, so any comparison between the EU and the USA falls flat right from the start.
The 2 most important mistakes, thats always made, when comparing defense budgets between the US and the rest of NATO is, that 1. the US include a lot, that we dont include, such as veteran healthcare - coz we give that to ALL our citizens, so we dont need it as part of the military budget. And the VA is the biggest expense for the US military. And 2. the rest of us spend our entire defense budgets on exactly that - defense. We spend to defend the NATO countries. The US spends to deploy all over the world, in fact the Pacific region is the most costly for the US military, and it has nothing to do with NATO. If u compare, what the US spend on defense of the NATO countries with our spending, we actually spend far more than the US. So its a false narrative, that the US "pay" for most of NATO.
The EU Central Bank. Is at the moment building its own financial system to exclude the Exchange between the United States of America and Europe. 🇮🇪🇪🇺☘️
Unfortunately the European Union is very slow for everything but as things are the best thing is to get away from the United States as much as possible, it is being done well in armaments, but we need Eurobonds and payment systems that do not pass through the USA, be it the digital euro or totally European credit cards, alternatives to swfit (the SEPA, European Payment Service was a great thing and it would have to be expanded to non-EU countries) and of course not invest in US bonds, China is doing it well, sells bonds and buys gold, if we offer them Eurobonds they will buy them And above all bridge the USA with trade in Mercosur, Canada, Japan, South Korea, India, and the Pacific countries. Let's think that if they throw Trump out the Senate and Congress, Vance arrives, what a fear too. Si no se entiende bien la culpa es de Google.
@kraken_4247 Since the ECB is the sole issuer of the Euro it actually has no impediments on that front and settlements are entirely in Euros. The Bank for International Settlements is luckily not in the US nor is it dominated by them. So there is really no impediment for developing non-US payment systems. The EU is a neoliberal economics bastion though, addicted to neo-monetarism which handicaps it, and this fails to compete with the fact that the US central bankers are very acutely aware of their fiscal and monetary power.
@kraken_4247 We do NOT need eurobonds. Eurobonds is just a proposal to transfer more money, and give more loans, to failed states in southern Europe that cant close a budget. Individual states can sell bonds however they please. The European payment system Wero is going live in France, Germany and the Benelux this year. We will build our own digital infrastructure. Too late? Sure. But better late than never.
The US overly relies on tech and when it goes down they are underskilled because they are so dependent upon it which ironically puts the USA at a huge disadvantage! Delta force experienced this first hand when they failed in their mission when they went in tooled up to the teeth only to end up in a 90 minute fire fight and pushed back, the SAS succeeded in the same mission by sending in 4 men a paper map and a compass in comparison. The US are known as all the gear, no idea for a reason, other armed forces invest in training over kit, the USA relies on tech which fails in theatres of war where there are buildings and no WiFi
There borrowing cost is already 40% more. Most expensive army with big, slow and loud targets with huge supply lines. Then we do not even talk about mantanance and stand-by costs or the amount of personel you need.
@RogerKeulenIf Trump carries on the way he is my vote is for Europe and China to sell our American bonds and hobble them. Can you imagine, it would be delicious
I remember a Writing Prompt on Reddit along the lines of "After WW3 it was decided every country will go into isolation for 50 years. When emerging from it the US discovers they were the only ones that did." All the stories that replied to it had the same things in common, the rest of the World was peaceful, advanced and had forgotten America ever existed! 🤣
@SK_2521 If the US naval group doesn't dare to go anyway near the straights I don't think Europe should be sending any ships into it either. Ships are basically sitting ducks there
@phoenix-xu9xj The Strait of Hormuz accounts for approximately 3.8% of Europe's total oil and condensate imports, it is not big problem for Europe, price is much bigger problem, most of oil goes to Asia
@Legz_inStyle nah - that's fine. EU can send escorts there: frigates and such best for the tanker escorting. USA doesn't go there as their main task protecting capital ships - such as aircraft careers
Yeah. Get a bigger piece of the cake or work with everyone to make the cake bigger overall. This is the main principle, why capitalist derivate countries lead very significantly over other systems, even though they definitely have their own faults. Just does not get into my mind, why MAGA does exactly the same mistake, communists do. Focus on share, instead of making it bigger overall.
I like the instinct here, and for a lot of contexts it holds up well. Where it gets interesting is when you look at cases where competition also compounds, things like the space race and elite sport, where adversarial pressure alone drove exponential gains. Collaboration compounds too, but mainly when the bottleneck is knowledge you can't build alone and enough people are involved that shared infrastructure outweighs going solo. Below that threshold, it's just slow joint work. And without individual stakes, contribution drifts, which is why the systems that sustain collaborative output almost always keep competitive incentives in the mix. The highest-performing systems practise coopetition. Samsung supplies Apple's screens while competing against the iPhone. Open source collaborates on the kernel, companies compete on what sits above it. The better question might be which layer you're working at, and what tool fits.
@pete2446 This sentence is our history of civilisation. All of the animals are better than us in many ways, we just have this thing called society and civilisation that let us dominate the whole world.
@OriginalArchieArchival I'm not sure on this one yet, it could embolden Putin to increase efforts and try to attack more. Although Putin is rapidly running out of manpower, by fatalities, injuries and desertions. A few more dollars in his bank account can't buy more soldiers. A few more months and the tide could turn.
Well, and which part of recent american history would you consider "golden"? I mean, they went from stupid idiots with weapons to total morons with weapons. I don't see anything golden in the last 100 years of US history.
@bobabier5394 Other major nations didn't have the opportunity to abuse power as the sole superpower so we don't know how much worse it could have been. The US might be shockingly restrained so far for an absolute global hegemon, compared to alternative nations like China, Russia, etc. We just don't have the counterfactual to point to.
Remember 60% at least of Americas military budget is profit for the MIC and the shareholders. America is losing Billions in tourist revenue and spending Billions on wars, the Dollar as reserve currency is ending, and $38.8 Trillion in Debt. Then they attack a country while negotiating peace, TWICE. They are not to be trusted.
@pellepop100 China can be trusted because you know they will try and do something shady. America can go from wanting to be an ally to starting a war with you over night
It has already started; this was a news report from a month ago: "The Dutch banks Rabobank, ING, and ABN-AMRO have announced they will reduce their dependence on American tech companies." More and more companies in the Netherlands are looking for ways to reduce or stop their dependence on American tech companies.
It's funny, I'm 33, grew up with the US being our biggest ally, playing video games online, bantering and building friendships with Americans, in a single generation it seems like it's all flipped on it's head.
@Sannziba yes, I am eagar to see the US get a HUGE bloody nose it is the only way they can learn. Maybe after a few thousand die. They are beyond sense and help.
You briefly commented that the Euro could replace the Dollar as the reserve currency. One person actually proposed that in the year 2000. Saddam Hussein wanted to break the US hold over oil, and refused to trade Iraqi oil in USD, switching instead to selling it in Euros. This had three effects, the value of the $ fell, the € gained strength and three years later G.W Bush declared war on Iraq. After the war Iraq went back to selling oil in USD. (Coincidence?)
12:08 just a few of the European companies employing people in your state Indiana 😊 : Roche (Switzerland): As a major healthcare leader, Roche has a significant presence in Indianapolis (U.S. operations) and employs people in finance, marketing, and human resources. Rolls-Royce (UK): Rolls-Royce has a large manufacturing footprint in the state, particularly in the aerospace sector. Siemens (Germany): A leading technology company with operations in Indiana, focused on industry, infrastructure, and healthcare. Linde (Germany/Ireland): A global industrial gases and engineering company with job opportunities across Indiana. Arconic (European roots/U.S.-based): Active in the Indiana aerospace sector, with significant operations. Mondelēz International (European roots): Operates in Indianapolis, hiring for technical roles like Controls Engineers. SAP (Germany): Software company with operations in Indiana. Eurofins (Luxembourg): A global laboratory network with operations in Indiana Volkswagen (Germany): Operates dealerships and service centers (e.g., Royal Volkswagen in Bloomington). Adecco Group (Switzerland): Staffing and talent solutions firm with branches across Indiana. Companies such as Akkodis (part of Adecco) recruit in the state. The SYGMA Network (Sysco): Employs logistics and drivers in Indiana.
🇬🇧. First off, that 1 trillion dollars spent on the military, is mostly borrowed money. They spend more than Europe because the USA promised to be "big brother" and look after us after WW2. With the caveat that we had to buy our weapons from them. Trump moans that we're ripping you off, but it's the other way round. Think about F35 jets and their excessive maintenance contracts. The missiles and defence systems that they've had a virtual monopoly on. That's a huge amount of money that flowed across the Atlantic, now in danger of stopping completely. He wanted us to be more self reliant, he forced us into adopting more of our home produced armaments, now they don't like it when we cancel orders from them. The USA has a huge debt ( I think it's currently over 40 trillion ). The interest alone is just short of 1 trillion per annum, and that's at the favourable rates that you've been enjoying. As I've stated for months now you're on the verge of Bankruptcy. Remember, this is the one thing that trump is incredibly good at, yet so many forgot that at the last election. Waiting till November is not an option for you, a lot can go wrong in the next 8 months. I could say that this should be a warning to you, but it's pointless because you won't listen.
I am willing to bet that when Rump said " increase your military spending", what he meant was " buy more from the US, like NOW". And that went down the drain when Europe started reducing spending on US made stuff and increased it on Europe made stuff:P
It's the USA. They NEVER listen... they ALWAYS know best, remember? US auto delinquencies and repossessions are at a near all time high right now.... a $700 a month "Car payment" ("Car note" in the USA) is the average payment.... some are well over $1,000 and some people spend close to $4,000 a month on a "car payment" for a depreciating asset. Some US citizens are spending HALF their monthly income on a car note. My "Car note" here in the UK is a mere 10% of my monthly income - some might still say that's high, and it probably is in some respects, but it's a lot lower than many of our US counterparts. US repossessions is a full time gig now.... some of them can't go 2 months on a new car without missing a payment, then some of them are so shallow when the repo man turns up they try to drive their vehicle off the lift and break their cars causing serious damage... so shallow they can't or won't pay their own monthly commitment but refuse to let people take it. In my view many US citizens have ZERO morals and no accountability. "How dare you take my car away that I haven't made a payment on since month 2". Negative equity on a car, only to trade it in, lose a killing, and get the next newest car is a distinctly US thing.... sure people lose some money on a car and maybe upgrade all over the world, but people buying $60,000 vehicles, having them for 1-2 years, then still owing perhaps $45k on it and trading it in for $30k to get the next one is very "US like". They end up $15k in a hole, and that alone in a "car payment" adds an extra bit each month, let's not forget many of them take on these car loans with huge interest rates - 22%, 25%, 29%, even as high as 35%. The US finance system makes zero sense - it allows people to recklessly spend far too much, declare bankruptcy, then go out 2 years later and just buy another car again on credit with another high interest rate. At least the bankruptcy system here in the UK stops you getting ANY credit realistically for SIX years. Oh, and let's also not forget that the USA invented and is normalising 72, 84 and even 96 month car loans! When I got my most recent car I did it over 60 months, and even I thought that was a long time and looked at doing it over 48 or 36 months instead but was only put off by the extra cost reducing the available disposable income.
Don't forget to include that the US Defense Department spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab and $6.9 million on lobster tail in September 2025 alone. The same month also saw $15.1 million spent on rib-eye steak, alongside purchases of salmon and other food items (source: Newsweek). Just think of all the military waste. Pun was not intended.
Reasons why US military spending looks like it's more than European countries : 1) US includes veteran costs in their military spending; European countries do not; 2) US includes healthcare costs for current personnel and veterans; Europe does not because there is universal healthcare; 3) Europe maintains about 500 nuclear weapons compared to the 5000 the US has; any more than the European 500 are unnecessary; 4) Europe does not maintain hundreds of foreign military bases because they don't increase the security the NATO area. After those factors are taken into account there is no difference between US and European military spending. US and Europe each have their strengths that the other lacks and are at their strongest when they collaborate.
It is even easier. European military spending is about securing the homeland. US military spending is about projecting power far from the homeland. In Europe we call it "defense." Pete Hegseth calls it the Department of War.
And you totally forgot to mention that so far, the NATO doesn't include conscript expenses or upkeep to the military budget costs. This means that eg. Finland's actual military spending is, in fact, much above the NATO expectations, and in comparison, the ratio of the standing army and the wartime army is, like, 1:10? Someone please give us the accurate stats, though.
Don't forget that our weapons are generally cheaper to produce and buy, and personnel costs are on average much lower than in the US. And in terms of weapons, there are several catagories in which Europe outshines the US in terms of quantity and quality.
The focus on cost has one main goal: getting tax money into the hands of US manufacturers. I saw a case in the news at some point. Some screw had fallen off a drone and hence a new screw would have to be bought. Price? 12k USD. It wasn't possible to buy just a screw, so a new device had to be bought, the screw taken out and then just hope that the rest would be useful spare parts in the future. Meeting a certain spending amount encourages stupid decisions like this even if it doesn't actually improve combat capabilities. Countries will essentially be punished for being too focused on price to performance since it's only price, which matters. Notice how Trump never mentions European combat abilities and only trash Europe for money.
Give EU 7 billion and they will build you under the sea tunnel that connects Denmark with Germany. Give the same to US, they will build a few megafactories or data centers. I think EU is more efficient with money.
I recommend watching some House of EL videos. She has been predicting how economics have gone this year, and explains what this fraction with EU means for U.S and global economic
🇬🇧. I wholeheartedly agree with you, I've been subscribed for a few months now. This Lady is incredible, with a precise and professional view of financial information. Delivered with aplomb. I love her 😍
He missed that the Trade-Bazooka also includes the possibility to seize intellectual property like patents (which is one of the more impactful measures IMO)
Being Swedish, I wanted to check how much the US import from my little country. Found some numbers from 2024 and the total sum is $18.49B. I didn't expect it to be that high. Top 3 being: Vehicles other than railway, tramway; Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pharmaceutical products. Not much when looking at the global market, but still more than I expected.
But then look at how much money flows the other way once you include services. How much in terms of the likes of Amazon, Google, Facebook, Disney, Netflix, Microsoft, Oracle etc is monies flowing to the US. Entertainment, software, advertising even consultancy, all outflows from European economies much of it without being taxed properly but Trump only likes to talk about deficits in terms of hard goods. Decoupling will be expensive for the US but extremely hard for Europe especially as for years US money has typically bought up European software companies and moved them to the US. Even the likes of France looking at moving to Non US software such LibreOffice. LibreOffice is developed and hosted on GitHub, a Microsoft Company, and most of its competitors are also now owned and based in the US.
Another difference along side how much US and Europe spends on Defense is that unlike US Europe's Defense spending is intended for actual defense. Not enriching Private Defense Contractors like in US.
The USA is one of the most indebted countries in the world; the bases are all former British ones that they had to hand over after WWII; the same applies to British inventions that were transferred to the USA by treaty.
Yes. We should have kept our basis of the computer. But we had so much debt because of lend/lease (paid off in the noughties?) We had no choice but to give it away and put their listening stations and bases in the uk. We would have be stronger without that threat in tbe cold war. Not everyone wanted tbeir missiles etc.
@Snarnler You are way out on the lend-lease payments, the last payment for that was on the 30-12-2006 (some state 4-1-2007, the difference between date paid and when the funds were actually received by the US treasury?). The last payment for the WW1 loans was on 9-3-2015!
The US also actively intervenes to stop innovative technologies from other countries succeeding. They have been holding the rest of us back to enrich themselves.
You may not be aware of this, but the guy has a main channel called Rationality Rules with 569k subs. He's not exactly new to youtube, but it's good to see his other channel grow also.
Local authorities/government. Foot the Cost of infrastructure that the American military bases are situated. Roads. Domestic potable water. Electricity. Human waste. 🇮🇪🇪🇺☘️
I read today that Trump is reducing sanctions on Russian oil due to the totally predictable events resulting from his war on Iran 😟. I am sad for Ukraine and everyone being negatively impacted by the consequences of his reckless actions.
@OriginalArchieArchivalFine, but if we stop prioritizing buying our liquid gas from you (replacing Russian) you will no longer profit from the war. ...You do know USA is net profiting from the war in Ukraine, right? By a mulitplication factor.
Although NATO is stronger with America (usually), NATO will continue even without the US. Despite the American exceptionalism we can and will rebuild NATO without America. Painful... Yes. Impossible... No!
I was going to say that without the US, there would be no need for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization - but Canada is still a founding member, so we keep it going either way.
We can keep NATO and also get a Netflix account and an Apple TV and still watch RUclips and keep the VHS hooked up as well as the DVD player and the camcorder. We don't need to throw anything away.
Hey Ryan, we don't have actual garbage guys in Oz. Just the guy who drives the truck. The Garbage trucks have an auto claw to collect the bins and return them back to the curb. One person operation.
at 1:29 No, it's not annoying to look at EU (not Europe) as a unit, because it is in fact a political unit. It defines frame laws, which regulates - not completely but to an extend - the law systems of the participating countries; has an own budget etc. It's "annoying", if someone thinks, it is one culture, also this is on a respective abstraction level also correct.
Worst thing is, if I remember, a very basic (lacking, but real) healthcare system for the USA wouln't even cost 1% of that. And a top notch, cover-it-all system would cost 10%.
@LeSarthoisin 2022/23 the NHS spent £132 billion ($166 billion USD) to fully cover 65 million people. The US population is 5 times that of the UK Which gives us a starting figure of $830 billion Now it would never be this figure as the litigious society that has developed in the US has resulted in the need for huge liability insurance, there are many other reasons, another is that US medical professionals generate enormous debts just to qualify. Add in the blatant profiteering that is enshrined in all aspects of US culture You'd be lucky if it was $3 trillion per year
@PS-oq9on stop using NHS as a measure. The UK is the only European country that has its whole public healthcare system run by one literal company. It has increasingly more self enriching billionaires involved too. More than half of that figure for sure is the rich parasites stealing from your tax money.
USA can't afford free healthcare because America is paying for free healthcare in Europe. That's what Americans post online, so it must be true. I will never understand the American obsession with "people should only pay for their own healthcare", so no taxes or health insurance to collectively fund healthcare. Just what is the American health insurance if it's not a collective way of paying? Also the Americans can only support their system because they can't do math. It's cheaper to pay European taxes than it is to pay US taxes+health insurance+college tuition. What the Americans really need to ask themselves is why American healthcare is so expensive. Why is it that you can buy medicine in Germany for 98 dollars (whatever that is in Euro) while the same medicine cost 1500 dollars in the states. Shouldn't they question why 90% of the money stays in America when buying European produced medicine? I'm sure it has nothing to do with the American system where foreigners aren't allowed to sell directly to hospitals and instead will have to use an American middle man.
Can I wholeheartedly recommend a book by Tom Clancy. "The Bear and the Dragon"? China does something that outrages the world, so the world bans Chinese goods. China is going bankrupt, and Invades Russia, because it needs their resources to survive. WW3, Because China upset the world. Now if the USA upsets the world........ ???? Be very careful Trump!
Denmark also has Ørsted, which is currently busy fighting (and seemingly winning in court) Trump's ban on building more offshore wind power. Denmark has been building grid connect wind turbines since the 1960s, had the first off shore wind farm and in 2000 had 8 of the top 10 wind turbine producers. While the numbers are less impressive today, it's still not a country to piss off if you ever want wind energy. There is also Danish Rockwool is has been in the top 2 of world biggest producer of building insulation material for years. There are at least two factories in the US, one of them being fought over by democrats. They want it shut down (or at least not built in the first place) because they claim it's harmful to the environment. I can't provide details because they are apparently blocking Danish IP addresses (why?). Given that environmental requirements are way harsher in Denmark and production in Denmark has no environmental concerns, I don't have super high confidence in their claim, which Danes are apparently not even allowed to see. Danish Coloplast should also be on the list for their medical products. Just like Novo Nordisk, if you need them in a medical sense, you really need them. Novo Nordisk has a 44% US market share of insulin and in many cases users can't just switch to an alternative product because it's generally seen as the elite in insulin quality and switching is not an option for everybody. It's not a company the Americans can just stop using because of a trade war. Denmark exports 20% more to the US than goes the other way.
As an Australian we are a middle power and you should look at what Carney said in his Aussie visit. Also needs to make sure we fall we the middle powers and European allies who we an trust
The dollar can't remain the global reserve currency. As a European, I hope that China or Europe takes over. The USA are close to losing their first world status in terms of their population, plus the USA have proven to be incredibly unreliable.
we can not hand over the world economy to "other people" even inside of Europe it is bad enough. look at the economy of more northern countries, then compare it to more southern peoples. or eastern for that matter.
I love that so many Europeans and Canadians have been boycotting US goods and services for months- there are job losses already due to huge boycott of Tennessee bourbon, tourism in Florida and Las Vegas,etc. Laughing very hard in European as I remember US citizens have no safety net if they lose their jobs and health care!🤣
And some pension funds recently started to dump US treasury. Including Norwegian government pension fund, which is the largest in the world. Dutch ABP has been doing the same.
@erik5374 Same for Denmark. US treasury bonds has been dumped throughout at least a year without any US media coverage to speak of 🙄 I wish someone could succeed explaining MAGA how poor they will get because of their greedy administration.
@christelekelund7066 Yeah, Americans now are starting to worry about losing their allies (too late!), but they really should worry about losing investors. It’s FAFO time for the GOP.
Hey Ryan you also spend a lot of steak, lobster tails and 21k custom Japanese flutes. Hegseth bought one for himself with money from the military budget 😂
The ironic thing is that even now, a lot of centrist/'liberal' European politicians basically say the same thing the "maga country" people are saying, that Europe is too dependent on the US, not powerful enough by itself and that both things will not really change. Which is a lie, and a result of a whole life of pro US indoctrination. Recently a former Dutch minister actually admitted that on TV, that he (recently) had to come to terms with the fact that for his entire life he has an emotional attachment to the US, how he sees (or saw) the US, but that the facts, the reality is now different, that he (old people like him) in Europe need to face the new facts, and adapt.
Many people in power have spent 40+ years with the sure foundation that the USA was a firm ally. Ready to help at a moments notice, always there and shared all the values we do. Thats a lot of decades for some of them to turn around immediately. Many hold out hope that the mid terms will crush Trump, then he will be voted out and its business as usual. The fantasy of doing nothing and just waiting it out seems to be one still a lot of politicians have. Recent Iranian events however have shown them they cant wait years.
It's good that someone admits it. I see too much of that passive attitude of "we can't do it now (which is kinda true) so we could never do it" which is false. There's a whole rabbit hole of why the US Army isn't as great as it looks on paper - it is powerful yes, but not as powerful as the spending and numbers would make you believe. Most of that spending is due to privates companies leeching (remember that story of the US NAVY replacing a controller in a submarine from the official one to a Xbox360 controller? It was revealed the official controller cost was 21 000 USD apiece. So even buying 1000 Xbox 360 controllers to take in account the lesser quality was still saving money) and also, the USA being an island mean they have to spend extra money maintaining bases around the world and are limited in their projection capacity. Planes are easy to track and can only carry personnel. Boats carry way more stuff but are slow and easily spotted too. And overall, the US war doctrine is built around that idea of "massive mecanized power", mostly designed to fight the USSR. This doctrine failed in Vietnam, and just about everywhere the US fought wars (failed or caused massive damages and death) Sadly people just look at the tank numbers and think "wow, so powerful". But what good are those tanks when you need a month to ship them, and once the yarrivey ou realize that a massive tank isn't cutting it to chase guerillas in a sandy and mountainous area.
@Emraz You are I believe correct, but the problem is not Humpy Trumpy per se. He is a symptom not the cause. The cause is the 2/3 of the USA population that enabled him to become 'play prez'. There was the 1/3 who voted for him, and 1/3 who did not bother voting, this last tranche are the ones who are really to blame for Trump winning as they were the only group with the power to change the result ....... if they voted! If Trump disappeared tomorrow those people (2/3 of the population) are still there and if they are mobilised/disenchanted sufficiently by someone intelligent (rather than moronic Trump) then the USA could well be in a really bad place.
@ralphhathaway-coley5460 Or the people saying, "I don't like Trump, but Kamala is, like, a communist or something (and a black woman to boot, but that part is not said aloud)", and voting Trump anyway as the "lesser of two evils". All that while the people who should have voted Kamala as the true lesser of two evils didn't vote because "voting for the lesser evil is still voting for evil". Right, now you have the greater evil and not a sure way to get rid of him.
Having the most powerful military is only one factor. The most powerful military is part of also having the most important economy and the most content population. As the latter weaken so does the ability to have a military that is supported by the population. Populations don't like a failing personal financial success and costs of living on the upswing through the country's economic success. Can you imagine what would happen if Trump started up the draft. Those who lived through the Vietnam war can remember what that was like. Remember, as well, that the US lost that war.
@Hildeguna Greenland has 0.61 guns per person. They are primarily used for seal hunting and the seal hunters have years of experience hunting shy seals. This means long range high precision guns while staying camouflaged to avoid discovery. The general population has announced willingness to fight if invaded and is stocking up on ammo. Even if the Americans managed to win on the battlefield, they will still not gain control. It's an area 3.2 times the size of Texas and there will be snipers seemingly everywhere. America won't win ground combat anyway. They would be up against Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, the 4 countries generally seen as the elite of arctic warfare. Canada has announced willingness to defend Greenland too. Whatever arctic Trump has available from Alaska would be nothing compared to what he would be up against. If Trump decides to go to war against Europe+Canada, what would stop Canada from taking Alaska?
@ThegoodthebadandthefleshtuberExactly. I also saw someone from the Canadian government say that they won't allow American troops travelling to Greenland through their air space.
@Thegoodthebadandthefleshtuber and Greenland can also count on the Dutch military and special forces. they have been training in Norway for decades to ensure they have top notch artic warfare capabilities
@ChristiaanHW JEF (Joint Expeditionary Force) members all seem to be willing to defend Greenland if invaded, just like it is supposed to work. The members are the Netherlands, UK, the Nordic countries and the Baltic countries. Trump might be able to block NATO from acting as NATO, but he can't block JEF. Not only is the US not a member, JEF is aimed at rapid response, hence no member can block other members by design. Being able to block adds a bureaucratic layer, which causes delays and the original idea with JEF is to act instantly in case of an invasion, something the NATO design can't do.
Why concerning? In terms of military power, unlike the USA Europe does not, in general, do land grab, or regime change wars for the benefit of individual leaders.
Yeah, Europe's defense budget is mainly for that, our own defense (some European powers, like UK and France, have also indulged in a bit of that land grabbing and regime change, though.)
at 1:35 it is similar to the USA in land area but not in pupulation size. In population size USA is about 3/4 of EU, and only 1/2 of Europe. This is not really "similar".
More like 3/4 the populace of the EU. But if you add strong EU allies (like UK, Norway, Switzerland) that would likely collaborate on military actions, then yeah 2/3 sounds about right. There's not really much point accounting Eastern Europe and the Balkans in that tally, as a vast majority are not part of the EU, and a vast majority are unlikely to collaborate with the EU/Western Europe in military actions.
@m.r.r.2636 If someone talks about Europe 1. it reffers to a geografical region and 2. the video itself compares it explicitly against the USA land area as similar, which only is valid, if you do it with respect to the geographical area not only to the EU. So by this exact this comparison of population has its strong point :) But also ... there is really much point in counting the european countries not part of the EU - if you skip russia and belarus - . as they add to the economic strength of the EU, because they act as close trading partners, suppliers of raw materials and participants in the single market in different degrees. Some are factual part of the inner economic market via EWR like Norway, Island, Liechtenstein. Swiss, not part of EU, but by more than 100 bilateral contract deeply connected to the inner market. Turkey: In Customs Union with the EU about industrial products UK: one the biggest economic exchange partners of the EU West-Balkan countries are seeking membership and are at various stages of the accession process into the EU: Albania,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (potential candidate), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and by this natuaraly allready a closer part of the EU's economic system. Examples of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, ... Armenia (began internal accession process in early 2025) Georgia (candidate for accession) Moldova (candidate for accession) Turkey (candidate for accession, also negotiations partially suspended but see above) Ukraine (candidate for accession) Bulgarien has intorduced with 1.1.2026 the Euro. You see, with respect of econimc question, which is base to potential military capabilities. And this way we still did not get a quick look into EU centered military cooperations with european countries not part of the EU.
@schwebeleicht2359 I was not trying to sound like a smartass, merely checking the numbers. The timestamp of reference is specifically talking about military spending comparing USA to European NATO members - so I thought it was a comment merely aimed at putting that spending in context of population and landmass.
The USA is the richest country in the world, that didn’t happen if the rest of the world was ripping them off like Trump says. The problem is MAGA Americans think they are poor. They might be poor by American standards but they don’t know POOR! I think they’re gonna find out…
It's been said many a time, that the US is not the richest country in the world. It's a third world country, wearing a Gucci belt. Many US citizens are drowning in debt - and $250,000 student loan debt is not at all uncommon.
@pinkdogs-c3y That’s true, and they could have continued it recycle that debt if they’d maintained the status quo. How’re they gonna service the debt if their economy tanks?
The USA is the richest country in the world because they took advantage of the rest of the world being in ruins after WWII. As American cities and industries were not bombed to oblivion, they found themselves as the world's main supplier of manufactured stuff. But the rest of the world has been catching up, not only Europe and the first world countries, but also some of the so called "third world" countries are now competing with USA bussiness. USA's position as sole superpower was unsustainable on the long term, Trump's policies only have made it go down faster. Even then, they could still be a prosperous nation without being the world's superpower, but, as you say, all their recent hare brained actions are putting Americans in real danger of learning what being really poor feels.
... read about that video of Stephen Woodford's in my feed, but I didn't see it yet - so thanx, Ryan, for reacting on it then! My problem is that I am econimically not educated well and fundametally enough. So I cannot evaluate many things I hear, but I will follow him in future - maybe I can learn a lot. Thst's at least what I hope.
The difference between Europe and America, is that we don't feel the need to boast about ourselves or our achievements. But we are def not poor and useless (like I've seen many Americans comment). Some Americans even think we don't have electricity 😆😆
@tbirchful The 89.8% was for one week only (impressive nonetheless) and it's announced of production, which with imports and exports may not be the same as consumption. When looking for an entire year, wind production is "only" around half of consumption. The price of electricity can become negative because it can be cheaper to keep production running than to shut down for short durations during wind peaks. However with taxes and "rental fee for wires" consumers will still have to pay. During time when there are companies willing to pay companies for quickly increasing power consumption for balancing purposes, district heating (fjernvarme) can switch to electric heating. Increasing the storage tanks by 20 C can store a whole lot of energy for later use.
@Thegoodthebadandthefleshtuber Around 88% of Denmark’s electricity production comes from renewable (green) energy. The largest source is wind power (about 59%), followed by solar power (about 11%) and biomass/biogas. This makes Denmark one of the leading countries in the world for renewable electricity production.
3: 48 - That's the whole thing about the dollar.. The rest of the world has to create actual value or extract actual resources, the US just prints more dollars..
Cool to see you reacting to this. His explanations are very clear; I've got a lot of time for Woodford, though I don't agree with absolutely all of his conclusions.
Ein großer Mann sagte mal: wenn die Staatsoberhäupter ein Krieg wollen müssen sie an die Front als erste Reihe, es würde nie wieder Krieg geben. Dann wäre das keine Option mehr und sie müssen reden und sich einigen.
Der Denkfehler dabei ist halt, dass es nur eine Seite für Krieg braucht, aber beide Seiten für den Frieden. Defakto würde es nur dazu führen, dass die Politik noch mehr von Sockenpuppen dominiert würde. In der ersten Reihe würden dann halt gute Kämpfer stehen, aber sonst ändert sich wenig ...
Du denkst ja wie ein Amerikaner. Ein Mensch (Superheld oder Präsident) ändert einfach die ganze Welt ! Naiv, selbstverliebt und total schwachsinnig. Wir leben in einer Welt von 10 Milliarden Menschen.
France is aggressively reducing reliance on U.S. tech giants (Microsoft, Zoom, Google) by 2027 to boost "digital sovereignty" and security, driven by fears of foreign surveillance and dependence. The government is migrating 2.5 million civil servants to local, secured tools like Visio (hosted by Outscale) for video conferencing, aiming for independent digital infrastructure
Ever seen the simpsons movie? When those helicopters come and drop a huge glass dome over a large area? Well that's what it's like in the USA. Except this dome is enormous and covers the entire country, it's also a one-way dome. When the yankees look at it, they just a see a reflection of their own nation. But when the rest of the world looks in from outside, they see a cesspit, drowning in debt, brainwashing citizens into believing they are the best thing since sliced bread.
I've been a huge fan of his channel Rationality Rules for ages and had no idea he had an eponymous channel!!! This is GREAT.... check out some of his stuff on Rationality Rules, he looks at Kirk and Peterson getting demolished in debate and deconstructs the mechanics
I am working on deamericanize my life microslop out, google mostly out, netflix out, amazon mostly out, Any future things I need i will source out of Europe from food to tech stuff first, then china then every other country in the world until I have no choice to buy american and even then I will rethink if I need it!
@peterhoz One does the best one can with what one has. Right now RUclips is ( imo) the best and fastest way to pick up on what happens where, and to talk about it with others online. When we get an alternative that works, we will switch away from RUclips.
I watched Stephen Woodford's latest video in which he discussed a Trump appearance at a news conference. During his rant, Trump referenced individuals who had died as a result of roadside bombs. The stable genius said the following: "All of the people that died through the roadside bombs. Died and are, right now, walking around with no legs, no arms, a face that's been so badly damaged." The worst of it is that none of his minions thinks twice about remarks like this. In any other country, he would be placed in care.
A reaction to less than half a comment is worthless, even in Indiana.When the Royal Navy was the biggest in the world most merchant ships were British and most sea trade was maintained and protected. The US Navy has little impact on the security of world shipping and its government does not care because they don't see the necessity......until now.
21:00 He didn't start a war with Iran because of the medal, it's so we would stop asking about Epstein. Once the Iran war news starts to fade, it'll be Cuba.
i would like to see the garbo man do his job different as all ours are done via trucks here no manual labour required , all i see are the vids for USA and well damm they still do by hand ? :)
I am really glad to see that you adjusted the course of this channel.
Those who don't want to piss off anyone, eventually piss off everyone.
Nice to see that you're taking a stand now.
I had the same exact reflection while watching as you. These are very strange times
I love that to!
Yeah. I agree fully.
Of course I have to admit, I wouldn't "enjoy" if he had turned out to be MAGA, but I would have been glad to know not to pay him more attention.
Ryan has absolutely NOT taken a stand. He has repeatedly lambasted Russia for its criminal invasion of Ukraine but he has yet to lambast Western European countries for their support for the g cide in Gaza or participation in the illegal US/Israeli war against Iran. Ryan is a hypocrite who believes that international law should only be applied when countries he likes are attacked. When countries he's been told are our enemy are attacked, Ryan says nothing. That's a total lack of principles. That's *avoiding* taking a stand.
@user-wc8fp4cx6c I would like to see one of you people once only once to come up with a reasonable explanation on how to end hamaz. They dont wear uniforms you know? Also stop using the word g*cide so inflationary until they have been judged upon by the actual courts responsible for it. As of right now, they havent been.
Explain how there is such g*cide yet the numbers of palestinians keeps growing. Are they just the worst people to do g*cide because they are utterly incompetent at it or maybe they are not doing it? I dont remember them chanting or having the actual goal of g*cide even once.
Go ahead answer my questions but we all know, you will not, you can not because you know nothing of the conflict just another bamboozled person by propaganda.
Europe is highly underestimated. We used to tolerate the "great" US of A. Not so much anymore. Greetings from Norway.
"Tolerate". Good choice of word.
Pf what is Norway gonna do ? Pahahaha. Pahahahahahahahahaha. Your criminal machinations of Denmark and Greenland will be napalmed now and you too.
I think the problem is that Europe does not speak with one voice. If the us president says tommorrow there are tariffs, tommorrow there will be tariffs. In Europe even ursula von der layen does not have that much power over the eu states. Technically tariffs are decided by the eu but there would be member states that will not do that and dance out of line. Then there would be months of discussions and discusions and at the end there will be a agrement that has no power anymore.
@CrispyRichter You forget that trump also dosn't have the power to issiue any tarrifs either, only congress can do that.
@CrispyRichter Two things: 1) You are confusing the EU with Europe. The EU is 27 states, not the whole of Europe. 2) The EU is not a sovereign state but a union formed by treaties, so any comparison between the EU and the USA falls flat right from the start.
The 2 most important mistakes, thats always made, when comparing defense budgets between the US and the rest of NATO is, that 1. the US include a lot, that we dont include, such as veteran healthcare - coz we give that to ALL our citizens, so we dont need it as part of the military budget. And the VA is the biggest expense for the US military. And 2. the rest of us spend our entire defense budgets on exactly that - defense. We spend to defend the NATO countries. The US spends to deploy all over the world, in fact the Pacific region is the most costly for the US military, and it has nothing to do with NATO. If u compare, what the US spend on defense of the NATO countries with our spending, we actually spend far more than the US. So its a false narrative, that the US "pay" for most of NATO.
This is correct.
Yep!
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Perfect
"We spend to defend the NATO countries" maybe you didnt know, Ukraine, Syria or IsReal are not HATO countries :)
Old Dutch saying: trust comes on foot and leaves on horseback.
Deze kende ik niet en kan me ook niet bedenken wat het in het Nederlands zou zijn. Vertrouwen komt te voet en vertrekt te paard klinkt raar.
@shirleyriemvis718"Vertrouwen komt te voet en gaat te paard" is toch gewoon een Nederlands gezegde.
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@shirleyriemvis718Toch een bekende uitdrukking! Anders gezegd vertrouwen krijgen duur lang maar je bent het zo kwijt.
@51bikerboy Had t ook nog nooit gehoord, en al zeker niet in het engels 🧐. Wel een goeie. Greets from belgium
The EU Central Bank. Is at the moment building its own financial system to exclude the Exchange between the United States of America and Europe.
🇮🇪🇪🇺☘️
@Edwin-pq6dg With parts imported from Europe in the first place.
So that is not the flex you think it is.
Unfortunately the European Union is very slow for everything but as things are the best thing is to get away from the United States as much as possible, it is being done well in armaments, but we need Eurobonds and payment systems that do not pass through the USA, be it the digital euro or totally European credit cards, alternatives to swfit (the SEPA, European Payment Service was a great thing and it would have to be expanded to non-EU countries) and of course not invest in US bonds, China is doing it well, sells bonds and buys gold, if we offer them Eurobonds they will buy them And above all bridge the USA with trade in Mercosur, Canada, Japan, South Korea, India, and the Pacific countries. Let's think that if they throw Trump out the Senate and Congress, Vance arrives, what a fear too. Si no se entiende bien la culpa es de Google.
@kraken_4247 Since the ECB is the sole issuer of the Euro it actually has no impediments on that front and settlements are entirely in Euros. The Bank for International Settlements is luckily not in the US nor is it dominated by them. So there is really no impediment for developing non-US payment systems. The EU is a neoliberal economics bastion though, addicted to neo-monetarism which handicaps it, and this fails to compete with the fact that the US central bankers are very acutely aware of their fiscal and monetary power.
@kraken_4247 We do NOT need eurobonds. Eurobonds is just a proposal to transfer more money, and give more loans, to failed states in southern Europe that cant close a budget. Individual states can sell bonds however they please.
The European payment system Wero is going live in France, Germany and the Benelux this year. We will build our own digital infrastructure. Too late? Sure. But better late than never.
@kraken_4247 we just need to deal with Orban and other Russian enclaves.
6;28 The most important reserve currency after the Dollar is actually the Euro.
And yet GBP is stronger than either.
Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it's broken, but you still see the crack in that MFer's face. -Lady Gaga
Another reason to US military is so expensive is that they spend over 10 times the amount for the same result.
The US overly relies on tech and when it goes down they are underskilled because they are so dependent upon it which ironically puts the USA at a huge disadvantage! Delta force experienced this first hand when they failed in their mission when they went in tooled up to the teeth only to end up in a 90 minute fire fight and pushed back, the SAS succeeded in the same mission by sending in 4 men a paper map and a compass in comparison. The US are known as all the gear, no idea for a reason, other armed forces invest in training over kit, the USA relies on tech which fails in theatres of war where there are buildings and no WiFi
There borrowing cost is already 40% more. Most expensive army with big, slow and loud targets with huge supply lines. Then we do not even talk about mantanance and stand-by costs or the amount of personel you need.
@RogerKeulenIf Trump carries on the way he is my vote is for Europe and China to sell our American bonds and hobble them. Can you imagine, it would be delicious
I remember a Writing Prompt on Reddit along the lines of "After WW3 it was decided every country will go into isolation for 50 years. When emerging from it the US discovers they were the only ones that did." All the stories that replied to it had the same things in common, the rest of the World was peaceful, advanced and had forgotten America ever existed! 🤣
What a beautiful thought!
@PotsdamSenior How do we tell Trump this is happening?
@sarahglover3286 He knows.
@L.K.Rydens I mean tell him to isolate the country for 50 years!
@sarahglover3286He's already doing his best.
NATO needs to stay out of this us Israel mess.
Except we’re being dragged into it because if the oil being blocked in the Straits of Hormuz😢
EU needs to escort the ships thru the straights of Hormuz. But that's it
@SK_2521 If the US naval group doesn't dare to go anyway near the straights I don't think Europe should be sending any ships into it either. Ships are basically sitting ducks there
@phoenix-xu9xj The
Strait of Hormuz accounts for approximately 3.8% of Europe's total oil and condensate imports, it is not big problem for Europe, price is much bigger problem,
most of oil goes to Asia
@Legz_inStyle nah - that's fine. EU can send escorts there: frigates and such best for the tanker escorting.
USA doesn't go there as their main task protecting capital ships - such as aircraft careers
eu already said, that they are going to replace US technology in europe
From 🇨🇦… I wish Canada would do the same or asks EU to lease an access to their platform. It would be so much safer!
If you want to improve linearly, compete. If you want to improve exponentially, collaborate.
Yeah. Get a bigger piece of the cake or work with everyone to make the cake bigger overall.
This is the main principle, why capitalist derivate countries lead very significantly over other systems, even though they definitely have their own faults.
Just does not get into my mind, why MAGA does exactly the same mistake, communists do. Focus on share, instead of making it bigger overall.
I like the instinct here, and for a lot of contexts it holds up well. Where it gets interesting is when you look at cases where competition also compounds, things like the space race and elite sport, where adversarial pressure alone drove exponential gains. Collaboration compounds too, but mainly when the bottleneck is knowledge you can't build alone and enough people are involved that shared infrastructure outweighs going solo. Below that threshold, it's just slow joint work. And without individual stakes, contribution drifts, which is why the systems that sustain collaborative output almost always keep competitive incentives in the mix. The highest-performing systems practise coopetition. Samsung supplies Apple's screens while competing against the iPhone. Open source collaborates on the kernel, companies compete on what sits above it. The better question might be which layer you're working at, and what tool fits.
@pete2446 This sentence is our history of civilisation. All of the animals are better than us in many ways, we just have this thing called society and civilisation that let us dominate the whole world.
Dear Ryan, China(and EU) would be just fine while isolated, USA would crumble like old bread...I mean a real bread, not american😂
@stjepan4444 ooooh the bread 😂
you mean the bread-like product?
@fusssel7178ahh yeah the sugar and flour and chemical mix they call bread 😂
US needs to pull out of Europe completely including Ukraine.
@OriginalArchieArchival I'm not sure on this one yet, it could embolden Putin to increase efforts and try to attack more. Although Putin is rapidly running out of manpower, by fatalities, injuries and desertions. A few more dollars in his bank account can't buy more soldiers. A few more months and the tide could turn.
Trump is not entering the Golden era, he is ending it.
He is the reverse King Midas, everything he touches turns to shit
Well, and which part of recent american history would you consider "golden"? I mean, they went from stupid idiots with weapons to total morons with weapons. I don't see anything golden in the last 100 years of US history.
Already Fucked Up Their Position in NATO…
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@bobabier5394 Financial it was a golden era, although, only for the happy few in America's piramid society
@bobabier5394 Other major nations didn't have the opportunity to abuse power as the sole superpower so we don't know how much worse it could have been.
The US might be shockingly restrained so far for an absolute global hegemon, compared to alternative nations like China, Russia, etc.
We just don't have the counterfactual to point to.
Remember 60% at least of Americas military budget is profit for the MIC and the shareholders.
America is losing Billions in tourist revenue and spending Billions on wars, the Dollar as reserve currency is ending,
and $38.8 Trillion in Debt. Then they attack a country while negotiating peace, TWICE. They are not to be trusted.
True. But many, many countries will still bend over or lick balls after a few months.
”China, you cannot trust it!” said an American. That’s real comedy!
@pellepop100 China can be trusted because you know they will try and do something shady. America can go from wanting to be an ally to starting a war with you over night
It has already started; this was a news report from a month ago: "The Dutch banks Rabobank, ING, and ABN-AMRO have announced they will reduce their dependence on American tech companies." More and more companies in the Netherlands are looking for ways to reduce or stop their dependence on American tech companies.
They need to start giving capital to EU startups, instead of scaring them to the usa.
It's funny, I'm 33, grew up with the US being our biggest ally, playing video games online, bantering and building friendships with Americans, in a single generation it seems like it's all flipped on it's head.
Espero que España desmantele las bases de este loco muñeco naranja! Lo queremos muy lejos de aquí 😅
¡Claro!
We need to kick the crazy yanks out of Europe.
No va a pasar y lo sabes mejor que yo :)
@RadicalRootz Oh, just wait and see! Bad times coming for the USA and its warmongers!
¡Un fuerte saludo a España! 🇩🇪❤️🇪🇸
I really hope the Google Translate is accurate, Crazy orange puppet is definitely my favourite nickname for him! 🤣
@Sannziba yes, I am eagar to see the US get a HUGE bloody nose it is the only way they can learn. Maybe after a few thousand die.
They are beyond sense and help.
You briefly commented that the Euro could replace the Dollar as the reserve currency. One person actually proposed that in the year 2000.
Saddam Hussein wanted to break the US hold over oil, and refused to trade Iraqi oil in USD, switching instead to selling it in Euros. This had three effects, the value of the $ fell, the € gained strength and three years later G.W Bush declared war on Iraq. After the war Iraq went back to selling oil in USD. (Coincidence?)
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Saddam Hussein also attempted to nationalize the oil rigs, which was the actual reason for the invasion.
Interesting
12:08 just a few of the European companies employing people in your state Indiana 😊 :
Roche (Switzerland): As a major healthcare leader, Roche has a significant presence in Indianapolis (U.S. operations) and employs people in finance, marketing, and human resources.
Rolls-Royce (UK): Rolls-Royce has a large manufacturing footprint in the state, particularly in the aerospace sector.
Siemens (Germany): A leading technology company with operations in Indiana, focused on industry, infrastructure, and healthcare.
Linde (Germany/Ireland): A global industrial gases and engineering company with job opportunities across Indiana.
Arconic (European roots/U.S.-based): Active in the Indiana aerospace sector, with significant operations.
Mondelēz International (European roots): Operates in Indianapolis, hiring for technical roles like Controls Engineers.
SAP (Germany): Software company with operations in Indiana.
Eurofins (Luxembourg): A global laboratory network with operations in Indiana
Volkswagen (Germany): Operates dealerships and service centers (e.g., Royal Volkswagen in Bloomington).
Adecco Group (Switzerland): Staffing and talent solutions firm with branches across Indiana.
Companies such as Akkodis (part of Adecco) recruit in the state.
The SYGMA Network (Sysco): Employs logistics and drivers in Indiana.
Airbus in Mobile Alabama
@salto1994Alabama is not in Indiana
🇬🇧. First off, that 1 trillion dollars spent on the military, is mostly borrowed money. They spend more than Europe because the USA promised to be "big brother" and look after us after WW2. With the caveat that we had to buy our weapons from them. Trump moans that we're ripping you off, but it's the other way round.
Think about F35 jets and their excessive maintenance contracts. The missiles and defence systems that they've had a virtual monopoly on. That's a huge amount of money that flowed across the Atlantic, now in danger of stopping completely.
He wanted us to be more self reliant, he forced us into adopting more of our home produced armaments, now they don't like it when we cancel orders from them.
The USA has a huge debt ( I think it's currently over 40 trillion ). The interest alone is just short of 1 trillion per annum, and that's at the favourable rates that you've been enjoying.
As I've stated for months now you're on the verge of Bankruptcy. Remember, this is the one thing that trump is incredibly good at, yet so many forgot that at the last election.
Waiting till November is not an option for you, a lot can go wrong in the next 8 months. I could say that this should be a warning to you, but it's pointless because you won't listen.
You're absolutely right, 8 more months of this chaos will worsen this already unfixable reputation
They.don't.care. and meanwhile people die . Civil war of 350.000 people. Will this be Putin's birthday present?
@Albtraum-6According to the US census the population of the US is 333.9 million, this is dropping by approximately 1,000 per week.
I am willing to bet that when Rump said " increase your military spending", what he meant was " buy more from the US, like NOW". And that went down the drain when Europe started reducing spending on US made stuff and increased it on Europe made stuff:P
It's the USA.
They NEVER listen... they ALWAYS know best, remember?
US auto delinquencies and repossessions are at a near all time high right now.... a $700 a month "Car payment" ("Car note" in the USA) is the average payment.... some are well over $1,000 and some people spend close to $4,000 a month on a "car payment" for a depreciating asset. Some US citizens are spending HALF their monthly income on a car note.
My "Car note" here in the UK is a mere 10% of my monthly income - some might still say that's high, and it probably is in some respects, but it's a lot lower than many of our US counterparts.
US repossessions is a full time gig now.... some of them can't go 2 months on a new car without missing a payment, then some of them are so shallow when the repo man turns up they try to drive their vehicle off the lift and break their cars causing serious damage... so shallow they can't or won't pay their own monthly commitment but refuse to let people take it.
In my view many US citizens have ZERO morals and no accountability. "How dare you take my car away that I haven't made a payment on since month 2".
Negative equity on a car, only to trade it in, lose a killing, and get the next newest car is a distinctly US thing.... sure people lose some money on a car and maybe upgrade all over the world, but people buying $60,000 vehicles, having them for 1-2 years, then still owing perhaps $45k on it and trading it in for $30k to get the next one is very "US like". They end up $15k in a hole, and that alone in a "car payment" adds an extra bit each month, let's not forget many of them take on these car loans with huge interest rates - 22%, 25%, 29%, even as high as 35%.
The US finance system makes zero sense - it allows people to recklessly spend far too much, declare bankruptcy, then go out 2 years later and just buy another car again on credit with another high interest rate.
At least the bankruptcy system here in the UK stops you getting ANY credit realistically for SIX years.
Oh, and let's also not forget that the USA invented and is normalising 72, 84 and even 96 month car loans!
When I got my most recent car I did it over 60 months, and even I thought that was a long time and looked at doing it over 48 or 36 months instead but was only put off by the extra cost reducing the available disposable income.
Don't forget to include that the US Defense Department spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab and $6.9 million on lobster tail in September 2025 alone. The same month also saw $15.1 million spent on rib-eye steak, alongside purchases of salmon and other food items (source: Newsweek). Just think of all the military waste. Pun was not intended.
I smell something fishy going on here....
Yes, Trump and his administration are grifting to the max, stealing food from the mouths of American children and babies.
Trump never understood that politeness and cooperation does not mean weakness. He thinks that violence and bullying means strength.
That is New York's mafia's mindset and Trump was always in that world
Reasons why US military spending looks like it's more than European countries : 1) US includes veteran costs in their military spending; European countries do not; 2) US includes healthcare costs for current personnel and veterans; Europe does not because there is universal healthcare; 3) Europe maintains about 500 nuclear weapons compared to the 5000 the US has; any more than the European 500 are unnecessary; 4) Europe does not maintain hundreds of foreign military bases because they don't increase the security the NATO area.
After those factors are taken into account there is no difference between US and European military spending. US and Europe each have their strengths that the other lacks and are at their strongest when they collaborate.
It is even easier. European military spending is about securing the homeland. US military spending is about projecting power far from the homeland.
In Europe we call it "defense." Pete Hegseth calls it the Department of War.
And you totally forgot to mention that so far, the NATO doesn't include conscript expenses or upkeep to the military budget costs. This means that eg. Finland's actual military spending is, in fact, much above the NATO expectations, and in comparison, the ratio of the standing army and the wartime army is, like, 1:10? Someone please give us the accurate stats, though.
Don't forget that our weapons are generally cheaper to produce and buy, and personnel costs are on average much lower than in the US. And in terms of weapons, there are several catagories in which Europe outshines the US in terms of quantity and quality.
The focus on cost has one main goal: getting tax money into the hands of US manufacturers. I saw a case in the news at some point. Some screw had fallen off a drone and hence a new screw would have to be bought. Price? 12k USD. It wasn't possible to buy just a screw, so a new device had to be bought, the screw taken out and then just hope that the rest would be useful spare parts in the future. Meeting a certain spending amount encourages stupid decisions like this even if it doesn't actually improve combat capabilities. Countries will essentially be punished for being too focused on price to performance since it's only price, which matters. Notice how Trump never mentions European combat abilities and only trash Europe for money.
Give EU 7 billion and they will build you under the sea tunnel that connects Denmark with Germany. Give the same to US, they will build a few megafactories or data centers. I think EU is more efficient with money.
I recommend watching some House of EL videos. She has been predicting how economics have gone this year, and explains what this fraction with EU means for U.S and global economic
🇬🇧. I wholeheartedly agree with you, I've been subscribed for a few months now. This Lady is incredible, with a precise and professional view of financial information. Delivered with aplomb. I love her 😍
He missed that the Trade-Bazooka also includes the possibility to seize intellectual property like patents (which is one of the more impactful measures IMO)
The US would just end patents, the second it became benefial to them. And I'd celebrate it
Being Swedish, I wanted to check how much the US import from my little country. Found some numbers from 2024 and the total sum is $18.49B. I didn't expect it to be that high. Top 3 being: Vehicles other than railway, tramway; Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pharmaceutical products.
Not much when looking at the global market, but still more than I expected.
But then look at how much money flows the other way once you include services. How much in terms of the likes of Amazon, Google, Facebook, Disney, Netflix, Microsoft, Oracle etc is monies flowing to the US. Entertainment, software, advertising even consultancy, all outflows from European economies much of it without being taxed properly but Trump only likes to talk about deficits in terms of hard goods. Decoupling will be expensive for the US but extremely hard for Europe especially as for years US money has typically bought up European software companies and moved them to the US.
Even the likes of France looking at moving to Non US software such LibreOffice. LibreOffice is developed and hosted on GitHub, a Microsoft Company, and most of its competitors are also now owned and based in the US.
Small correction, Ryan. Trump started the beef for Greenland because of the medal. He started the war in Iran because of the Epstein files.
What files??
Another difference along side how much US and Europe spends on Defense is that unlike US Europe's Defense spending is intended for actual defense. Not enriching Private Defense Contractors like in US.
The USA is one of the most indebted countries in the world; the bases are all former British ones that they had to hand over after WWII; the same applies to British inventions that were transferred to the USA by treaty.
Yes. We should have kept our basis of the computer. But we had so much debt because of lend/lease (paid off in the noughties?) We had no choice but to give it away and put their listening stations and bases in the uk. We would have be stronger without that threat in tbe cold war. Not everyone wanted tbeir missiles etc.
@Snarnler You are way out on the lend-lease payments, the last payment for that was on the 30-12-2006 (some state 4-1-2007, the difference between date paid and when the funds were actually received by the US treasury?).
The last payment for the WW1 loans was on 9-3-2015!
The US also actively intervenes to stop innovative technologies from other countries succeeding. They have been holding the rest of us back to enrich themselves.
the USA itself is also a british colony they had to hand over
@ralphhathaway-coley5460 I knew ww2 was the noughties but 2015 is terrible.....the harbinger of doom for the election that year 😮
Good reaction, Ryan.
Great reaction, love your channel, sending you peace and love from France 🟦⬜🟥
7:01 that´s the reason America was so confident in attacking Iran, because they knew they have no nuclear weapons
so same as russia invading ukraine, only bullying non-nuclear countries
Thx Ryan and have a great weekend. BTW EU signed trades for half the worlds GDP.
You may not be aware of this, but the guy has a main channel called Rationality Rules with 569k subs. He's not exactly new to youtube, but it's good to see his other channel grow also.
1:23 I suspect fewer places want to kill us.
When worlds collide! Rationality Rules...RULES!
I always jump on the notif when Rationality Rules post
When Worlds Collide good movie.
Local authorities/government. Foot the Cost of infrastructure that the American military bases are situated. Roads. Domestic potable water. Electricity. Human waste.
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Stephen Woodford is one very smart fella. Always worth listening to
I read today that Trump is reducing sanctions on Russian oil due to the totally predictable events resulting from his war on Iran 😟. I am sad for Ukraine and everyone being negatively impacted by the consequences of his reckless actions.
This is why he attacked Iran. Ending sanctions on Russia and weakening Europe economically. Putin is his master.
@2lip663
What a load of twaddle.
Benjamin Mileikowsky runs Donald Trump.
Y'all spouting some real bs, EVERYONE KNOWS THE REAL MASTER OF DONALD J. TRUMP IS EPSTEIN (allegedly dead)(allegedly)
As an American, I agree that the US needs to leave Europe and Ukraine alone and pull out completely.
@OriginalArchieArchivalFine, but if we stop prioritizing buying our liquid gas from you (replacing Russian) you will no longer profit from the war.
...You do know USA is net profiting from the war in Ukraine, right? By a mulitplication factor.
4:53 Garbage CAN??
We haven't had those in 40 years! You mean wheelie bin, yes? That the machine picks up?
This guy brought us a very good analysis!!!
When the dollar hegemony falls the US falls.
it's a long way down and the whole world will be waving at them along their fall 🤣
US trust is gone, everything is changing.. not long now
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I give them a few montgs after the midterms before almost total collapse
@avenged7peep958that’s just the short term damage, the long term erosion is worse. When everyones slow change emerges
Thank you. Finally you saw this. It's important.
Although NATO is stronger with America (usually), NATO will continue even without the US. Despite the American exceptionalism we can and will rebuild NATO without America.
Painful... Yes. Impossible... No!
What most people also refuse to see is that the combined European military has more armed soldiers than the US.
I was going to say that without the US, there would be no need for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization - but Canada is still a founding member, so we keep it going either way.
@m@m.r.r.2636 and also: we need UK, Turkey, Norway and Iceland aboard. They aren’t in EU.
We can keep NATO and also get a Netflix account and an Apple TV and still watch RUclips and keep the VHS hooked up as well as the DVD player and the camcorder. We don't need to throw anything away.
@erik5374 My point was merely in the name of the defense alliance, not that there would be no need for one :)
Hey Ryan, we don't have actual garbage guys in Oz. Just the guy who drives the truck. The Garbage trucks have an auto claw to collect the bins and return them back to the curb. One person operation.
at 1:29
No, it's not annoying to look at EU (not Europe) as a unit, because it is in fact a political unit. It defines frame laws, which regulates - not completely but to an extend - the law systems of the participating countries; has an own budget etc.
It's "annoying", if someone thinks, it is one culture, also this is on a respective abstraction level also correct.
Stephen actually has another channel, Rationality Rules, with almost 600k subs
sorry to burst your bubble, but i think people trust China more now than they trust the US
Canadian here, yup
China is now seen as more stable than the US.
And that tells everything necessary.
Absolutely
True
Love Stephen! Great to see you reaction! ❤
if you think in resources rather than in dollars, than the us cant afford half the stuff it has :P
So true, they built everything on borrowed money that they still have to pay :3
The wars were always a survival aid of us dollar.
750 huh,thats free healthcare right ther usa.
Worst thing is, if I remember, a very basic (lacking, but real) healthcare system for the USA wouln't even cost 1% of that. And a top notch, cover-it-all system would cost 10%.
@LeSarthoisin 2022/23 the NHS spent £132 billion ($166 billion USD) to fully cover 65 million people.
The US population is 5 times that of the UK
Which gives us a starting figure of $830 billion
Now it would never be this figure as the litigious society that has developed in the US has resulted in the need for huge liability insurance, there are many other reasons, another is that US medical professionals generate enormous debts just to qualify.
Add in the blatant profiteering that is enshrined in all aspects of US culture
You'd be lucky if it was $3 trillion per year
@PS-oq9on stop using NHS as a measure. The UK is the only European country that has its whole public healthcare system run by one literal company. It has increasingly more self enriching billionaires involved too. More than half of that figure for sure is the rich parasites stealing from your tax money.
USA can't afford free healthcare because America is paying for free healthcare in Europe. That's what Americans post online, so it must be true.
I will never understand the American obsession with "people should only pay for their own healthcare", so no taxes or health insurance to collectively fund healthcare. Just what is the American health insurance if it's not a collective way of paying?
Also the Americans can only support their system because they can't do math. It's cheaper to pay European taxes than it is to pay US taxes+health insurance+college tuition.
What the Americans really need to ask themselves is why American healthcare is so expensive. Why is it that you can buy medicine in Germany for 98 dollars (whatever that is in Euro) while the same medicine cost 1500 dollars in the states. Shouldn't they question why 90% of the money stays in America when buying European produced medicine? I'm sure it has nothing to do with the American system where foreigners aren't allowed to sell directly to hospitals and instead will have to use an American middle man.
Stephen is a good boy, great to see you reacting to him!
Can I wholeheartedly recommend a book by Tom Clancy. "The Bear and the Dragon"? China does something that outrages the world, so the world bans Chinese goods. China is going bankrupt, and Invades Russia, because it needs their resources to survive. WW3, Because China upset the world. Now if the USA upsets the world........ ???? Be very careful Trump!
@colinbirks5403 the current administration would all benefit from reading all the Tom Clancy books imho.
This is not meant cocky but earnestly: why is it "our" problem if China invades Russia, according to TC?
@niji.sateenkaari8835hi buddy, total peace mate. The reason is it prompts global escalation. (Generally) the global population does not want wars.
There are some parts of eastern Russia that China realy realy wants. I think it has something to do with water.
Thank you for broadcasting those brilliant explanations from Mr Woodford.
A few european companies with US presence:
Austria: Red Bull, Swarovski, Raiffeisen Bank, KTM, Voestalpine.
Belgium: Anheuser-Busch InBev, Solvay, UCB, Umicore, Ageas.
Bulgaria: Progress (Telerik), SiteGround, Chaos Group.
Croatia: Infobip, Rimac Technology, Photomath.
Cyprus: Wargaming, Nexters, Mondia.
Czech Republic: Gen (Avast), Mews, Rohlik.
Denmark: Novo Nordisk, Maersk, LEGO, Vestas, DSV.
Estonia: Wise, Bolt, Milrem Robotics.
Finland: Nokia, Kone, Neste, Metso, Stora Enso.
France: L'Oréal, Airbus, LVMH, TotalEnergies, Schneider Electric.
Germany: Volkswagen, SAP, Siemens, Bayer, DHL.
Greece: Titan Cement, Danaos Shipping.
Hungary: Graphisoft, Prezi.
Ireland: CRH, Accenture, Ryanair (Leasing/Sourcing), Kerry Group.
Italy: Eni, Luxottica, Enel, Stellantis (Fiat), Ferrero.
Latvia: Printful, MikroTik.
Lithuania: Nord Security, Vinted, Teltonika.
Luxembourg: ArcelorMittal, SES, Eurofins Scientific.
Malta: Kindred Group, Tipico, Play'n GO.
Netherlands: ASML, Philips, Stellantis, Heineken, Adyen.
Poland: CD Projekt Red, Comarch, Canpack.
Portugal: EDP Renewables, Farfetch, Critical Software, Feedzai, Galp.
Romania: UiPath, Bitdefender, eMAG.
Slovakia: ESET, Sygic, Pixel Federation.
Slovenia: Outfit7, Pipistrel, Dewesoft.
Spain: Banco Santander, Inditex (Zara), Iberdrola, Grifols, Ferrovial.
Sweden: Spotify, Ericsson, H&M, Volvo, IKEA.
Denmark also has Ørsted, which is currently busy fighting (and seemingly winning in court) Trump's ban on building more offshore wind power. Denmark has been building grid connect wind turbines since the 1960s, had the first off shore wind farm and in 2000 had 8 of the top 10 wind turbine producers. While the numbers are less impressive today, it's still not a country to piss off if you ever want wind energy.
There is also Danish Rockwool is has been in the top 2 of world biggest producer of building insulation material for years. There are at least two factories in the US, one of them being fought over by democrats. They want it shut down (or at least not built in the first place) because they claim it's harmful to the environment. I can't provide details because they are apparently blocking Danish IP addresses (why?). Given that environmental requirements are way harsher in Denmark and production in Denmark has no environmental concerns, I don't have super high confidence in their claim, which Danes are apparently not even allowed to see.
Danish Coloplast should also be on the list for their medical products. Just like Novo Nordisk, if you need them in a medical sense, you really need them. Novo Nordisk has a 44% US market share of insulin and in many cases users can't just switch to an alternative product because it's generally seen as the elite in insulin quality and switching is not an option for everybody. It's not a company the Americans can just stop using because of a trade war.
Denmark exports 20% more to the US than goes the other way.
Dassault too for France...
@joelcardoso3617 Saab
As an Australian we are a middle power and you should look at what Carney said in his Aussie visit. Also needs to make sure we fall we the middle powers and European allies who we an trust
The dollar can't remain the global reserve currency. As a European, I hope that China or Europe takes over. The USA are close to losing their first world status in terms of their population, plus the USA have proven to be incredibly unreliable.
China would not risk that I think , they are far too busy being exceptional and independent. And they are not reliable for long term stuff.
we can not hand over the world economy to "other people"
even inside of Europe it is bad enough.
look at the economy of more northern countries, then compare it to more southern peoples.
or eastern for that matter.
@ 19:00 yeah very good point it's never so simple as it looks like anywhere
I love that so many Europeans and Canadians have been boycotting US goods and services for months- there are job losses already due to huge boycott of Tennessee bourbon, tourism in Florida and Las Vegas,etc. Laughing very hard in European as I remember US citizens have no safety net if they lose their jobs and health care!🤣
I like you, Ryan, because it's so refreshing with a sane American...!😅
Ryan think if rest of the world would dump us treasury bonds that would mean that us economy would collapse
And some pension funds recently started to dump US treasury.
Including Norwegian government pension fund, which is the largest in the world.
Dutch ABP has been doing the same.
@erik5374 Same for Denmark. US treasury bonds has been dumped throughout at least a year without any US media coverage to speak of 🙄 I wish someone could succeed explaining MAGA how poor they will get because of their greedy administration.
@christelekelund7066
Yeah, Americans now are starting to worry about losing their allies (too late!), but they really should worry about losing investors.
It’s FAFO time for the GOP.
Hey Ryan you also spend a lot of steak, lobster tails and 21k custom Japanese flutes. Hegseth bought one for himself with money from the military budget 😂
The ironic thing is that even now, a lot of centrist/'liberal' European politicians basically say the same thing the "maga country" people are saying, that Europe is too dependent on the US, not powerful enough by itself and that both things will not really change. Which is a lie, and a result of a whole life of pro US indoctrination. Recently a former Dutch minister actually admitted that on TV, that he (recently) had to come to terms with the fact that for his entire life he has an emotional attachment to the US, how he sees (or saw) the US, but that the facts, the reality is now different, that he (old people like him) in Europe need to face the new facts, and adapt.
Many people in power have spent 40+ years with the sure foundation that the USA was a firm ally. Ready to help at a moments notice, always there and shared all the values we do. Thats a lot of decades for some of them to turn around immediately. Many hold out hope that the mid terms will crush Trump, then he will be voted out and its business as usual. The fantasy of doing nothing and just waiting it out seems to be one still a lot of politicians have. Recent Iranian events however have shown them they cant wait years.
It's good that someone admits it. I see too much of that passive attitude of "we can't do it now (which is kinda true) so we could never do it" which is false.
There's a whole rabbit hole of why the US Army isn't as great as it looks on paper - it is powerful yes, but not as powerful as the spending and numbers would make you believe.
Most of that spending is due to privates companies leeching (remember that story of the US NAVY replacing a controller in a submarine from the official one to a Xbox360 controller? It was revealed the official controller cost was 21 000 USD apiece. So even buying 1000 Xbox 360 controllers to take in account the lesser quality was still saving money) and also, the USA being an island mean they have to spend extra money maintaining bases around the world and are limited in their projection capacity. Planes are easy to track and can only carry personnel. Boats carry way more stuff but are slow and easily spotted too.
And overall, the US war doctrine is built around that idea of "massive mecanized power", mostly designed to fight the USSR. This doctrine failed in Vietnam, and just about everywhere the US fought wars (failed or caused massive damages and death)
Sadly people just look at the tank numbers and think "wow, so powerful". But what good are those tanks when you need a month to ship them, and once the yarrivey ou realize that a massive tank isn't cutting it to chase guerillas in a sandy and mountainous area.
@Emraz You are I believe correct, but the problem is not Humpy Trumpy per se. He is a symptom not the cause.
The cause is the 2/3 of the USA population that enabled him to become 'play prez'. There was the 1/3 who voted for him, and 1/3 who did not bother voting, this last tranche are the ones who are really to blame for Trump winning as they were the only group with the power to change the result ....... if they voted!
If Trump disappeared tomorrow those people (2/3 of the population) are still there and if they are mobilised/disenchanted sufficiently by someone intelligent (rather than moronic Trump) then the USA could well be in a really bad place.
@ralphhathaway-coley5460 Or the people saying, "I don't like Trump, but Kamala is, like, a communist or something (and a black woman to boot, but that part is not said aloud)", and voting Trump anyway as the "lesser of two evils". All that while the people who should have voted Kamala as the true lesser of two evils didn't vote because "voting for the lesser evil is still voting for evil". Right, now you have the greater evil and not a sure way to get rid of him.
I’m glad you found and enjoyed this video. It’s a brilliant channel I’m sure you would enjoy much of his content. He is a very intelligent guy
Stephen is great, love his videos.
Shell. Not a usa company for example.
Iran is clearly showing that america does not have the most powerful military. Sucks to suck.
Having the most powerful military is only one factor. The most powerful military is part of also having the most important economy and the most content population. As the latter weaken so does the ability to have a military that is supported by the population. Populations don't like a failing personal financial success and costs of living on the upswing through the country's economic success.
Can you imagine what would happen if Trump started up the draft. Those who lived through the Vietnam war can remember what that was like. Remember, as well, that the US lost that war.
@Hildeguna Greenland has 0.61 guns per person. They are primarily used for seal hunting and the seal hunters have years of experience hunting shy seals. This means long range high precision guns while staying camouflaged to avoid discovery. The general population has announced willingness to fight if invaded and is stocking up on ammo. Even if the Americans managed to win on the battlefield, they will still not gain control. It's an area 3.2 times the size of Texas and there will be snipers seemingly everywhere.
America won't win ground combat anyway. They would be up against Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, the 4 countries generally seen as the elite of arctic warfare. Canada has announced willingness to defend Greenland too. Whatever arctic Trump has available from Alaska would be nothing compared to what he would be up against.
If Trump decides to go to war against Europe+Canada, what would stop Canada from taking Alaska?
@ThegoodthebadandthefleshtuberExactly. I also saw someone from the Canadian government say that they won't allow American troops travelling to Greenland through their air space.
@Thegoodthebadandthefleshtuber and Greenland can also count on the Dutch military and special forces.
they have been training in Norway for decades to ensure they have top notch artic warfare capabilities
@ChristiaanHW JEF (Joint Expeditionary Force) members all seem to be willing to defend Greenland if invaded, just like it is supposed to work. The members are the Netherlands, UK, the Nordic countries and the Baltic countries.
Trump might be able to block NATO from acting as NATO, but he can't block JEF. Not only is the US not a member, JEF is aimed at rapid response, hence no member can block other members by design. Being able to block adds a bureaucratic layer, which causes delays and the original idea with JEF is to act instantly in case of an invasion, something the NATO design can't do.
There's nowhere to pivot to
"To Mars"
😂😂
When Board of Peace is mentioned, it's misspelt. It's Board of Piece, as in Piece Of ****
I thought it was 'bored of peace'?
That's what I thought also. @thedarknessthatcomesbefore4279
If 'Truth Social' is full of lies, what should we think of a 'Board of Peace'? Names mean nothing; actions are what matter.
Why concerning? In terms of military power, unlike the USA Europe does not, in general, do land grab, or regime change wars for the benefit of individual leaders.
Yeah, Europe's defense budget is mainly for that, our own defense (some European powers, like UK and France, have also indulged in a bit of that land grabbing and regime change, though.)
Not a crossover I expected, but highly appreciate
Good luck.
I like Stephen's videos
Yes when a society get to some point of comfort it hard to go back (according to psychological studies)
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it is similar to the USA in land area but not in pupulation size.
In population size USA is about 3/4 of EU, and only 1/2 of Europe. This is not really "similar".
More like 3/4 the populace of the EU. But if you add strong EU allies (like UK, Norway, Switzerland) that would likely collaborate on military actions, then yeah 2/3 sounds about right.
There's not really much point accounting Eastern Europe and the Balkans in that tally, as a vast majority are not part of the EU, and a vast majority are unlikely to collaborate with the EU/Western Europe in military actions.
@m.r.r.2636 Thannk you for the number correction. you are right, i've fixed it above, sorry.
@m.r.r.2636
If someone talks about Europe
1. it reffers to a geografical region and
2. the video itself compares it explicitly against the USA land area as similar, which only is valid, if you do it with respect to the geographical area not only to the EU. So by this exact this comparison of population has its strong point :)
But also ...
there is really much point in counting the european countries not part of the EU - if you skip russia and belarus - .
as they add to the economic strength of the EU, because they act as close trading partners, suppliers of raw materials and participants in the single market in different degrees.
Some are factual part of the inner economic market via EWR like Norway, Island, Liechtenstein.
Swiss, not part of EU, but by more than 100 bilateral contract deeply connected to the inner market.
Turkey: In Customs Union with the EU about industrial products
UK: one the biggest economic exchange partners of the EU
West-Balkan countries are seeking membership and are at various stages of the accession process into the EU:
Albania,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (potential candidate), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia
and by this natuaraly allready a closer part of the EU's economic system.
Examples of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, ...
Armenia (began internal accession process in early 2025)
Georgia (candidate for accession)
Moldova (candidate for accession)
Turkey (candidate for accession, also negotiations partially suspended but see above)
Ukraine (candidate for accession)
Bulgarien has intorduced with 1.1.2026 the Euro.
You see, with respect of econimc question, which is base to potential military capabilities.
And this way we still did not get a quick look into EU centered military cooperations with european countries not part of the EU.
@schwebeleicht2359 I was not trying to sound like a smartass, merely checking the numbers.
The timestamp of reference is specifically talking about military spending comparing USA to European NATO members - so I thought it was a comment merely aimed at putting that spending in context of population and landmass.
"Can we talk about this"
Yeah thats the plan
The USA is the richest country in the world, that didn’t happen if the rest of the world was ripping them off like Trump says.
The problem is MAGA Americans think they are poor. They might be poor by American standards but they don’t know POOR! I think they’re gonna find out…
A lot of America is basically 3rd world. The ones that think Trump will make them rich and voted for him en masse
It's been said many a time, that the US is not the richest country in the world.
It's a third world country, wearing a Gucci belt.
Many US citizens are drowning in debt - and $250,000 student loan debt is not at all uncommon.
The US is in trillions of dollars in debt.
@pinkdogs-c3y That’s true, and they could have continued it recycle that debt if they’d maintained the status quo. How’re they gonna service the debt if their economy tanks?
The USA is the richest country in the world because they took advantage of the rest of the world being in ruins after WWII. As American cities and industries were not bombed to oblivion, they found themselves as the world's main supplier of manufactured stuff. But the rest of the world has been catching up, not only Europe and the first world countries, but also some of the so called "third world" countries are now competing with USA bussiness. USA's position as sole superpower was unsustainable on the long term, Trump's policies only have made it go down faster. Even then, they could still be a prosperous nation without being the world's superpower, but, as you say, all their recent hare brained actions are putting Americans in real danger of learning what being really poor feels.
... read about that video of Stephen Woodford's in my feed, but I didn't see it yet - so thanx, Ryan, for reacting on it then! My problem is that I am econimically not educated well and fundametally enough. So I cannot evaluate many things I hear, but I will follow him in future - maybe I can learn a lot. Thst's at least what I hope.
The difference between Europe and America, is that we don't feel the need to boast about ourselves or our achievements. But we are def not poor and useless (like I've seen many Americans comment). Some Americans even think we don't have electricity 😆😆
Or the internet, they will even argue this to a European, ON THE INTERNET.
In Denmark we get almost 90 % of electricity from green energy. When it’s really windy our electricity is free 💨
Europoors is the name, used by paycheck-to-paycheck living usians😂😂.
@tbirchful The 89.8% was for one week only (impressive nonetheless) and it's announced of production, which with imports and exports may not be the same as consumption. When looking for an entire year, wind production is "only" around half of consumption.
The price of electricity can become negative because it can be cheaper to keep production running than to shut down for short durations during wind peaks. However with taxes and "rental fee for wires" consumers will still have to pay. During time when there are companies willing to pay companies for quickly increasing power consumption for balancing purposes, district heating (fjernvarme) can switch to electric heating. Increasing the storage tanks by 20 C can store a whole lot of energy for later use.
@Thegoodthebadandthefleshtuber
Around 88% of Denmark’s electricity production comes from renewable (green) energy.
The largest source is wind power (about 59%), followed by solar power (about 11%) and biomass/biogas.
This makes Denmark one of the leading countries in the world for renewable electricity production.
3: 48 - That's the whole thing about the dollar.. The rest of the world has to create actual value or extract actual resources, the US just prints more dollars..
4:14 But what if no one outside the US wants the dollars?
Right, only in 3rd world countries countries the US dollar is accepted
Cool to see you reacting to this. His explanations are very clear; I've got a lot of time for Woodford, though I don't agree with absolutely all of his conclusions.
Ein großer Mann sagte mal: wenn die Staatsoberhäupter ein Krieg wollen müssen sie an die Front als erste Reihe, es würde nie wieder Krieg geben. Dann wäre das keine Option mehr und sie müssen reden und sich einigen.
Der Denkfehler dabei ist halt, dass es nur eine Seite für Krieg braucht, aber beide Seiten für den Frieden.
Defakto würde es nur dazu führen, dass die Politik noch mehr von Sockenpuppen dominiert würde. In der ersten Reihe würden dann halt gute Kämpfer stehen, aber sonst ändert sich wenig ...
Du denkst ja wie ein Amerikaner. Ein Mensch (Superheld oder Präsident) ändert einfach die ganze Welt ! Naiv, selbstverliebt und total schwachsinnig. Wir leben in einer Welt von 10 Milliarden Menschen.
Ryan, stay curious.
Never ignore the child within.
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Wrong,the us has zerro minus 45 armyskills.
France is aggressively reducing reliance on U.S. tech giants (Microsoft, Zoom, Google) by 2027 to boost "digital sovereignty" and security, driven by fears of foreign surveillance and dependence. The government is migrating 2.5 million civil servants to local, secured tools like Visio (hosted by Outscale) for video conferencing, aiming for independent digital infrastructure
Lol Ryan,live inside your tubebubbel.
Ever seen the simpsons movie?
When those helicopters come and drop a huge glass dome over a large area?
Well that's what it's like in the USA. Except this dome is enormous and covers the entire country, it's also a one-way dome.
When the yankees look at it, they just a see a reflection of their own nation.
But when the rest of the world looks in from outside, they see a cesspit, drowning in debt, brainwashing citizens into believing they are the best thing since sliced bread.
I've been a huge fan of his channel Rationality Rules for ages and had no idea he had an eponymous channel!!! This is GREAT.... check out some of his stuff on Rationality Rules, he looks at Kirk and Peterson getting demolished in debate and deconstructs the mechanics
I am working on deamericanize my life microslop out, google mostly out, netflix out, amazon mostly out, Any future things I need i will source out of Europe from food to tech stuff first, then china then every other country in the world until I have no choice to buy american and even then I will rethink if I need it!
De-americanising from google whilst posting on RUclips?
@peterhoz One does the best one can with what one has. Right now RUclips is ( imo) the best and fastest way to pick up on what happens where, and to talk about it with others online.
When we get an alternative that works, we will switch away from RUclips.
I watched Stephen Woodford's latest video in which he discussed a Trump appearance at a news conference. During his rant, Trump referenced individuals who had died as a result of roadside bombs. The stable genius said the following:
"All of the people that died through the roadside bombs. Died and are, right now, walking around with no legs, no arms, a face that's been so badly damaged."
The worst of it is that none of his minions thinks twice about remarks like this. In any other country, he would be placed in care.
Wait until Denmark's Novo Nordics stops selling ozempic in the USA. There will be a revolution 😃
starving americans dont need it🤔😅
Novo Nordisk is very active in US. For research and production 🤝💪🇩🇰💰
They got a plant in Bloomington, Indiana 🤝🙌
A reaction to less than half a comment is worthless, even in Indiana.When the Royal Navy was the biggest in the world most merchant ships were British and most sea trade was maintained and protected. The US Navy has little impact on the security of world shipping and its government does not care because they don't see the necessity......until now.
PPP is also a much ignored economic expenditure metric.
21:00 He didn't start a war with Iran because of the medal, it's so we would stop asking about Epstein. Once the Iran war news starts to fade, it'll be Cuba.
i would like to see the garbo man do his job different as all ours are done via trucks here no manual labour required , all i see are the vids for USA and well damm they still do by hand ? :)
The robot binman is looking for the bincan.
Yeah, they are the most advanced country in the world, you know.