Yes. The EU accepted a deal they didn’t like to buy time and pivot away from the US. Whichntheybare increasingly doing. People saw it as capitulation. The beurocrats saw it as not cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Most have learned that caving doesn’t work. Standing up does. So they do.
Yes, but the USA is having this fight with so many more countries, including the EU. They are pinching themselves in the face and calling it winning.
The USA has power due to its size but if it tries to use that to its advantage against too many countries at once, it doesn’t work.
If they don’t honour deals they have in place, other countries don’t both negotiating a new deal.
It was also to tell neighbours that hosting a US base put them at risk, rather than be a security benefit.
Yep, people suck. It’s why the get the day you voted for meme resonates. Trump didn’t break the system. The system allowed and promoted Trump.