What if I told you that for decades, this was largely a U.S. policy -- that Europe largerly disarmed, weakened its defense industries, and handed its security over to the United States, making itself dependent?
What if I told you that for decades, this arrangement suited both sides just fine?
America secured its monopoly status as the world's military hegemon and the undisputed leader of the West, gained the ability to project its power across the globe, and had a massive market for its defense industry free from European competition -- all while extending its protection over its vassals-allies in return.
And Europe was perfectly happy to relax under that American umbrella and spend its money on social programs and comfortable life.
And then Donald Trump, at the helm of a superpower, decided that everyone owed him.
That he wants a weak, dependent Europe and a vast market for American military exports -- but has no intention of honoring the part of the old bargain that involved actually protecting that same Europe.
Doesn't anyone else find it hilarious that the Trump admin first screams at the top of its lungs demanding that Europe defend itself and become independent -- and then turns around and expresses displeasure that European countries are switching to their own weapons instead of signing contracts with the American defense industry?
Web Performance Calendar day 9 with Martin Michálek on web perf folklore vs. evidence. Too many anecdotes (like 100ms = 1%) conflate speed gains with redesigns, UX changes, or seasonal shifts. Repeating them hurts the credibility of real performance work.
https://t.co/Cq5NIga4bB
Have you ever noticed unexplainable performance degradations? Unattributed Navigation Overhead (UNO) is probably the missing link. Watch my Lightning Talk from the performance.sync() meetup in Amsterdam!
#webperf#rum#ttfb#cwv
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Web performance calendar day 21 with @TimVereecke giving us the gift of UNO (Unattributed Navigation Overhead) - an insight into the blind spot gaps between TTFB components
https://t.co/dGVSQyvloO
If you were impressed with McMaster-Carr, then checkout @TimVereecke 's https://t.co/v7EOx75XOo which feels even faster on Chrome with the use of Speculation Rules and View Transitions!
The combo of View Transitions API and Speculation Rules API (prerender+moderate or better) is the perfection of a smooth and instant UX! And this without a single line of JS. 🚀 #webperf#instant
Speed up your site's navigation with the Speculation Rules API. See how it works and the impressive results from our tests on Scalemates in this blog post: https://t.co/9Ds5mvIYrz