At the beginning of March, Haltbakk Bunkers rejected the service of a US military ship, and called on others to boycott the United States fleet.

It seems that Haltbakk CEO has participated in Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski Public humiliation In the White House by US President Donald Trump, he claimed that he did not calm down for American military support to defend his country from Russian invasion.

“The great credit for the President of Ukraine restricts himself and to maintain calm, although the United States of America was placed on a TV program for theft. We have made us sick … not fuel for the Americans!” The company wrote in a Facebook post.

The company later deleted this position, and the Norwegian government quickly insisted that the American warships will continue to enjoy the “offer and support they need.”

However, the incident highlighted the dependence of American forces in Europe on local suppliers and goodwill.

There were moments in history when the European rejection of US forces aid had greatly complex the United States.

In the outbreak 1973 The Arab -Israeli WarGreece and Cyprus refused to allow us to ships and aircraft to help Israel to refuel, forcing them to rely on British assistance.

Days before the invasion of George W. Bush in Iraq in 2003, Turki refused to allow us to aircraft to use its air base in Engiric or cross the Turkish airspace.

Partially for such reasons, the American forces built the repetition in their supply chain.

The Sixth Fleet in the United States has a major base to re -provide in the Gulf of Soda in Greece near Channa, Crete, whose mayor in 2005 wrote to the American ambassador, saying: “We do not want the warships.

Demetries Andrew Grimes was a sea attachment in Greece at the time and a reaction to that expanded to reach the United States from three to 11 outlets because other municipal heads found the offer attractive.

“One small ship will come to use the port facility between $ 80,000 and 120,000 dollars a day, [including] Water, fuel, supplies, garbage removal, and boat processes. … we used to spend about 350 million euros [$379m] “For a year in Greece only on lower fuel,” Al -Jazeera said.

In interviews with the island, European NATO officers painted a picture of smooth cooperation.

A European military source told Al Jazerera, “Military action is usual as usual.” “We have no concerns at all about the commitment to the United States to its obligations in Europe. We just need to keep our head down, do a good job and be a good ally.”

Kiir Giles, Russia and Eurasia expert in Chatham House, told Al -Jazeera that Herbak’s refusal to serve the tanks “inverse results” because it is alienated “specifically that people need to maintain their side, which is the actually present American forces.”

Change assumptions?

So far, the assumption was that the United States saw European security vital for its own.

“The arrival we have in Europe with our ports and bases from Spain to Italy to Greece to Torchia to Germany – they are in our favor,” said American General Ben Hodges, who led the American forces in Europe from 2014 to 2018. “They do not guard the Greeks, the Turks or the Germans.”

For example, any Russian marine traffic from Saint Petersburg to the Atlantic Ocean must cross the Skagirak Strait in Denmark, less than 20 km (12 miles) at its widest point.

NATO officers told Al -Jazeera that the process of denying the sea can prevent even Russian nuclear submarines.

Russia has an alternative route to the Atlantic Ocean across the Parrents Sea, but it is sometimes burned in Navy in Norway and the United Kingdom. The clips surrounding Greenland, Iceland and Norway are referred to as the “killing zone” of Russian marine ships and submarines.

However, the Trump administration of Denmark has offended it GreenlandDanish lands of semi -kinetic, and they have offended Norway and other European allies by saying that they will not defend Europeans who “do not pay” their fair share to NATO, describing the mutual defense clause to some extent – something that another American president did not do.

Recently, Trump threatened Canada.

“These measures, which threaten Canada, threaten Denmark, will have consequences for us.” When asked if he believed that there would be more incidents, he said: “This is possible.”

Some experts told Al -Jazeera that the White House Trump has abandoned the contracts of contracts dating back to decades to make a common issue with Europe about security.

“The American Navy will have a strong interest in [these forward positions]. Will the Trump administration share this interest? This is another question completely. “

“What is happening in Europe now is what happened in Iraq and Libya years ago – the departure of America is leaving a security vacuum,” said retired Greek general Andreas Eliopolos, deputy commander of the Hellenic army.

“If the United States tries to do this with Russia the way Trump does, then these rules in Europe lose all its strategic value. This is clear,” Eliopolos told the island of the island. “The Russian threat has stopped existence. Trump and Putin are behaving like allies at the present time.”

Trump’s attractiveness in a security understanding with Russia “is”To attract Russia away From China, “Eliolos said, but it is also possible that it will be about cost savings.

The European -American leadership (EUCOM) has about 84,000 individuals stationed in Europe, more than a third of its total employees abroad. The United States pays the costs of employees and full equipment, but it benefits from arms sales to Europe. Europe pays a third of the foundation costs, but it also has an income from the ground.

Doubts about the American commitment to European security undermined belief in ensuring mutual defense in NATO. US Defense Secretary Beit Higseth confirmed again, but Trump made it conditional on the levels of defensive spending that he did not specify.

Many Europeans have questioned whether the American forces stationed in Europe would be requested to work in the event of an attack.

“Let’s not roale out some very big surpriss if the antiquational Nature of the Trump-MUSK Actions Continue to a Point when there finally starts to be some signs of the restances from Within the US System, “Giles SAID, Referring to Trump Assigning Billionaire Elon Musk Arbitration Powers to Download the Federral Goovernment.

When asked whether the process of separating the United States from Europe is irreversible, he said: “It will be soon, unless it is resisted either inside the United States or something unexpected happens.”