Europe steps into the wood-chipper of war with Russia |

Europe steps into the wood-chipper of war with Russia

Sun 1:15 pm +00:00, 3 May 2026

posted by Tapestry

🇺🇸🇪🇺Quick Fact: The US withdrawing troops from Germany plus Europe ramping up for war with Russia is EXACTLY the “division of labor” US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out in February 2025. Read the whole February 2025 document here: https://war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/…

A more detailed explanation… In that directive Hegseth stipulated: – The US had to pivot East (and has since done so); – Europe had to prepare its troops to go into Ukraine (they are as well as preparing their population for war); – Europe had to double down on arms production and providing military support for Ukraine (they are); – Europe had to ramp up from 2% to 5% spending on NATO (they are); – That the US and Europe needed to place pressure on Russian energy exports (through Europe’s energy dependence on the US and the US literally blowing up Russian energy production/storage/export facilities as well as tankers at sea – this is taking place as well);

As you can see – everything in the directive was laid out clearly, immediately set out to be implemented, and coming along step-by-step as stated ever since. The political theater of some sort of “fallout” between US President Trump and Chancellor of Germany Merz is just that – political theater. It is designed to sell the “division of labor” the US imposed on Europe by convincing Europeans the US is “abandoning” them and that Russia poses an “existential” threat to justify the steep social and economic sacrifices ordinary Europeans will make before and obviously during any war with Russia.

If the US simply told the truth – that Europe is to step into the wood chipper of proxy war against Russia next after Ukraine because the US needs to fight equally senseless wars against Iran and eventually China – the European people would simply refuse to go along. At least some across Europe are buying this theater – and under the guise of this theater Europe can coerce those who don’t.