by Thierry Meyssan

Contrary to what we thought in 1991, the fall of the "American Empire" will not resemble that of the USSR. Washington’s Western European allies intend to perpetuate it, with or without their leader. It follows that President Donald Trump will abandon them in the cold.
After decoupling the United States from the "revisionist Zionists" in power in Israel, President Trump is decoupling it from NATO and the European Union: he no longer wants his country to have anything to do with the "American Empire" and its hired guns, the Ukrainian "integral nationalists."

Voltaire Network | Paris (France) | 3 June 2025

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After decoupling the United States from Israel [1], Donald Trump has begun to decouple it from the European Union. As with Israel, he initially gave the impression of giving carte blanche to EU members and the UK, then began to undock.

Remember: President Trump allowed Western leaders to convince themselves that they could fight Russia in Ukraine alone. At numerous meetings in Paris, London, and Kyiv, EU and UK leaders attempted to announce that they would jointly ensure the continent’s security against the danger of a "Russian invasion." They considered placing all their nations under the British and French nuclear umbrellas, rather than that of the United States. They contemplated a continental war against Russia and a reorganization of alliances around the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Poland.
And then: nothing. The United States suspended its coordination with the EU [2]. They no longer consult each other about the unilateral coercive measures they are taking against Russia. The 17th EU "sanctions" package was the last agreed upon in Brussels with Washington. The 18th will be agreed upon alone. It is announced that it will be of an unprecedented scale, but without the United States, it is already doomed to failure.

The United States has observed within the Council of Europe the preparation of an "international criminal tribunal to prosecute Russian crimes in Ukraine," but it remains aloof [3]. In its eyes, this jurisdiction makes no sense. The Nuremberg and Tokyo criminal tribunals had followed the Allied victory over Nazism, but this one anticipates the victory of Ukrainian "integral nationalists," collaborators with the Nazis, over Russia. It has not been validated by the United Nations and has no chance of being so, given Russia’s veto power.

Today, the United Kingdom and the EU must face the facts: They lack the military means to support their policy. They have locked themselves in their contradictions, denouncing the Ukrainian collateral losses of the Russian special military operation, while being satisfied with the Palestinian collateral losses of the Israeli war against Hamas, even though they are much greater. They have distanced themselves from the United States, which they have not taken seriously.

They have one weapon left: confiscating the Russian assets they have already frozen. This would allow Ukraine to rebuild without having to pay themselves. However, confiscating assets for political reasons violates property rights. Such a decision would be irreversible. It is only possible in times of war against an enemy. Confiscating these assets therefore amounts to declaring war on an enemy several times more powerful than the United Kingdom and the EU combined.

Aside from the fact that their armies would not survive a war against Russia for two days, the EU would then scare all its partners around the world: if it is possible to confiscate Russian assets, why would Brussels stop there and also confiscate the assets of states that have not condemned Russia?

On February 14, at the Munich Security Conference, Vice President J.D. Vance warned the United Kingdom and the EU. He stated: "The threat that concerns me most to Europe is not Russia. It’s not China. It’s not another external actor. What worries me is the threat from within—Europe’s retreat from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America."

‪Let’s understand what’s happening. President Donald Trump had announced that he was demanding that all allies devote 5% of their GDP to military spending. Since this figure was impossible to achieve—it would require a doubling of spending—the United States’ withdrawal from NATO’s integrated command was predictable. At the same time, the president had repeatedly asserted that the European Union was created to harm the United States, while the EU is the civilian component of the "American Empire," of which NATO constitutes the military component. Now, after recognizing that neither the United Kingdom nor the EU are capable of challenging the "American Empire," that their leaders are dependent on the "American Empire" to the detriment of their citizens, and that they refuse to be free and independent, Washington is cutting ties with them.‬‬
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Note that Donald Trump is not attacking Western Europeans. He is simply letting them drift in pursuit of a pipe dream.‬
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For those like me who have been envisioning the dissolution of NATO and the EU since the Soviet Union, this is a step forward. But for British subjects and European citizens, it is a catastrophe. In the coming months, we will witness the reconciliation of the United States and Russia. Everything that has shaped our way of thinking will be consigned to oblivion. The time has come for Westerners to replace their elites and rethink their societies. They are completely unprepared for this.‬
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While in 1991, we envisioned the dissolution of the "American Empire" like that of the USSR, we see that President Donald Trump intends to achieve a completely different scenario. Like Mikhail Gorbachev, he wants to return his country to its fundamentals (Make America Great Again!), but his European allies, for their part, intend to prolong this Empire.‬
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In Brussels, the EU administration still hasn’t accepted this cowboy. It hopes he will be assassinated soon or lose the midterm elections and be forced to fall into line. In a way, what is happening today is the end of the Cold War, when NATO’s stay-behind services made and unmade Western European governments. EU leaders, starting with Ursula von der Leyen and Kaja Kallas, are direct descendants of these covert operations. They are the children of the "American Empire" and intend to perpetuate it.‬

Thierry Meyssan

Translation
Roger Lagassé

     

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[1] “Donald Trump Decouples the United States from Israel”, by Thierry Meyssan, Translation Roger Lagassé, Voltaire Network, 13 May 2025.

[2] «Russland-SanktionenEnde der Absprache mit den USA», Florian Flade & Ben Huebl & Joerg Schmitt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 27. Mai 2025.

[3] Press Release 3526: “The Justice of Victors Who Have Lost”,” Voltaire, International Newsletter - No. 135 - May 30, 2025.