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I could argue about the power gap, because some of those countries could also hurt the US if they wanted to. And also where does this 50% number come from?
But more importantly, sovereignty is not about the power gap. Vatican and Luxembourg are sovereign states, yet the power gap with their neighbors (let alone the US) is not good.
And if you wonder why those states can remain sovereign, it's because of the balance of power in the world. Geopolitics is not a zero sum game. If you let your allies down, nobody wants to be your ally anymore. If you threaten your allies, you might get what you want because they have no other choice right now, but suddenly, they are not your allies anymore. They are slaves, and they won't like it.
The US has built its alliance network on the premise that the allied would remain sovereign countries. The US are free to change their mind, but if you assume it will go unchallenged, they are just wrong.
The 50% of European energy supply comes from a rough guess of European inputs that are shipped in by sea which the US dominates the high seas. The US can basically cut off all trade Europe does with any other country besides Russia.
I have zero idea what Europe provides US as an ally today. They don’t have any fighting men or tech we need.
The lithography machines for semiconductors are built by ASML in Europe, and Facebook AI research as long as Google AI (DeepBrain) have labs in Europe. I'm sure there are other examples.
But more importantly Europe provides the US with scale. Software and weapon systems are conceived once in the US and sold all over the world.
And also Europe provides the US with logistics. The military operations in the middle east could simply not happen without logistics centers in Europe (unless the US finds reliable allies with Africa, but good luck with that).
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