Nonilex<p>As the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> deserts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>…, leaders on the continent are closing ranks & arming up to defend their democracies against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. In <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>, PM <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> elicits comparisons to Winston Churchill. In <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, Pres Emmanuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macron</span></a> is channeling Charles de Gaulle’s argument for independence from DC. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> changed its strict budget rules to spend more on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a>, US secy of state, came to Brussels to urge them on.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/briefing/europes-paradox.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=154BF627-EE12-44D8-A7A0-BF3CE32040B0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/04/briefin</span><span class="invisible">g/europes-paradox.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=154BF627-EE12-44D8-A7A0-BF3CE32040B0</span></a></p>