Vinay Kumar
Trump recently said Europeans would ‘all be speaking German’ had America not ‘won’ WWII. By oversight or design, he didn’t acknowledge Britain’s and Soviet Union’s big role in wresting Allied victory. Also ignored was the historical context and pillars of US’s postwar might. Emerging from WWII as a global superpower, US needed and cultivated transatlantic partners to bolster its dominance and help fight Soviet communism. Whether through the Marshall Plan or Nato’s formation, America served itself by safeguarding Europe.
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