Europe isn't dependent on the US economy to any extent, so thats crap.
Awe come on Mate, give credit where credit is do.
I think the U.S. has around 65,000 troops in Europe right now.
After President Trump called NATO "obsolete" and criticized the European Union German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a defiant response: "We Europeans have our fate in our own hands," she said.
Merkel implied that Europe doesn't need American backing to hold its own on the world stage.
But a closer look at transatlantic trade, military cooperation and lobbying shows the "old continent" still heavily relies on the U.S. perhaps more so than some Europeans, including YOU and Merkel, are willing to admit.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/26/europe-relies-on-the-u-s-more-than-it-is-willing-to-admit/?utm_term=.ac48838f11aa
The United States spends three times more then all the rest of NATO does put together.
The United States and the EU are each others biggest trading partners.
Europe isn't dependent on the US economy to any extent, so thats crap.
Yes, yes you are talking crap because if America goes down so will the EU.