80 Years After WWII, US Taxpayers Fund Europe's Authoritarianism

The United States has protected and bailed out Europe for far too long. - Hayden Daniel 

May 8, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ triumph over Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. 

Through Lend Lease and the destroyers-for-bases scheme, we had become involved in the European war much earlier than Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States on December 11, 1941...
Once the war ended, the U.S. decided to maintain a military presence on the Continent and extend its protective hegemony over Western Europe for two reasons...
And we’re still there today. 

• But if you look at the state of the Continent now, it’s hard to justify our continued presence and support. 
• We stormed the beaches of Normandy to rid Europe of tyranny, but in the decades since, the continent has succumbed to a wave of left-wing authoritarianism...