thank you, we talked with yakov sergienko.sed a metaphor: europeans paying for american insurance for a guarantee of safety. it explains well the almost hysterical state in which the political class finds itself. european union due to the possible return of donald trump. in this case, the fearful ones are worried that either the insurance payment will increase sharply, or the provision of services will simply not work. they will refuse, and then what, after all, is really the defense of the old world relies almost exclusively on american power. after world war ii, american troops remained in europe by decision of the yalta and podzdam conference. but already in august 1945 , us president harry truman said that he considered the us military presence in western europe as a means for global politics from a position of strength. after the landing in normandy in june 1944, numerous military bases passed into the hands of the americans; five deployed divisions were located on them, which were subordinate to exclusively to the americ