Are the US and EU Still Allies?

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00:00Femi, is the US and EU relationship over? Are they now adversaries, not allies?

00:08Well, I think while Trump is in the White House, I don't think things are going to ever be okay

00:12because his intentions are clearly not to support the well-being of any European country.

00:19He doesn't care. He's just doing whatever he can for his own interests.

00:24And I think one point that's missing from this, especially given the direction that's been pushed,

00:29and when you talk about why is so much immigration happening, you talk about demographics and us being weak, a skill issue.

00:37These people like Donald Trump, these people like Nigel Farage, these hardcore right-wingers,

00:43they keep pushing policies that make working-class people poorer.

00:47For example, Brexit made working-class people significantly poorer in the UK.

00:51And it's one of the reasons that we're not having enough kids.

00:53Often these right-wing people, they talk about how we're being replaced and blah, blah, blah.

00:58But you create the situation where European countries simply can't afford...

01:03Young generations, like young Gen Zs, millennials, can't afford to have kids,

01:07and therefore we end up relying on more immigration.

01:10But that issue is being created by your right-wing policies,

01:14whether it's Nigel Farage or the extreme capitalism in America.

01:18Nonsense.

01:18But what you argue there is actually wrong.

01:22In Norway, you have welfare up our ears, and you can have as many children as you want,

01:30and you get welfare from the government.

01:32But still, they're not getting birth to enough children in Norway.

01:37So it's not about money.

01:39You're talking about money, and you're talking about statistics.

01:42We're talking about facts here.

01:43If you look out of the window, you see the changes in Oslo all the time.

01:47And you see that the different communities are sticking together.

01:51They're not trying to melt the melting pot.

01:53That was the idea about immigration.

01:55They came with two empty hands from all over the world.

01:57They came to Norway, in my case, and there was supposed to be a melting pot

02:01that we all stick together with our values.

02:04They adapted to Norwegian culture.

02:06They came to Norway.

02:08But now they are actually sticking to their own culture, also in Norway.

02:11Again, Muslims make up 5% of your country,

02:16and you're blaming them for all your problems.

02:17Skill issue.

02:1825%!

02:2025%!

02:21Will, I want you...

02:22In Oslo, yes, but in your country, no.