As the past few days have shown, we are currently experiencing an epic turn of events. While we have been since the 2. Having relied on the fact that the US would protect us from attacks against member countries via NATO (just as we in Germany believed in perpetual cheap gas from Russia), Trump has shown us that this expectation is probably history with him. Moreover, with the previously only verbal wishes for a takeover of the Panama Canal and Greenland, he presents himself as an aggressor from whom one may have to protect oneself in the future. Europe or the EU is large and economically powerful enough to protect its own interests and to become independent of third parties. We need to be able to deter. The history of mankind teaches us that peacetimes have always been only pauses between two wars and can only prevent the readiness for deterrence and the corresponding practical presence of deterrence potential wars. Appeasement policy has not only not been in the 2. World War II works, but - because it is usually interpreted as a weakness - to my knowledge has never been successful in preventing wars. Of course, there is no guarantee that an aggressor will be deterred by a functioning defensive readiness, but it is the only chance, unless you surrender voluntarily...therefore: Building an EU (Europe) army as soon as possible.