> Europe already has the mindset US military support is no longer a given. Europe is already re-arming.

As you said it will take at least half a decade (which sounds quite optimistic to me actually to go from barely any forces at all to independence) and then there are many more unsolved questions like where does Europe get all its energy from - Russia again? It will have to be a mix of U.S LNG and the rest I suppose from Arab/African countries. Or you could be right , and everyone will dump the USD - I think not though. Europe isn't in good shape as it is, I'm expecting more carefulness going forward.

BTW - I'm not advocating for anything here, I have no personal skin in the game and I think Trump is a horrible bully. I'm just not certain he's a complete idiot yet.