Europe

Europe is making the same mistake that the US made prior to Trump. They are wedded to globalization where the US accepted their high tariffs and they expected the US to protect them from Russia. The fell in love with the idea that wind and solar could replace fossil fuels and they are now in economic decline because their price of energy is too high. They want the US to continue helping in the Ukraine War where they see no reasonable end to the conflict. They are setting up barriers to free speech and their immigrants are not assimilating. Their populations are aging and they are not having enough children. Their governments are overburdened with social programs that are no longer being financed with low defense spending. Polls show that the people are pessimistic about the future as the high cost of utilities hurts household budgets. They are depressed as they watch job loss and companies moving to the US to avoid high energy cost and to take advantage of the US consumer market. There salvation is to end the war and bring back cheap Russia gas, to forget about wind and solar and reopen their nuclear power plants, to establish free and fair trade with the US and to move away from China in regards to imports and exports. Much like the democrats here in the states, they know what must be done but they are unable to do it. It will take a strong leader to rise up and lead the way.