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I thought Europe was proud and independent and completely decoupled from the US, why do you need US scientists suddenly? Hmm...

Independence from a country doesn't require excommunication of all citizens of that country

That's part of the decoupling. Onshoring as much knowledge as possible.

Europe needs Americans to decouple from America.

Got it.

Everybody is welcome to contribute to the free world, be they American or not.

Interestingly some Europeans also feel that Europe is becoming less free and are fleeing to the US:

Ah, Miss Seibt, haven't heard from her in a while. She's a notorious QAnon follower, antisemite and just generally odious far-right extremist.

I'm not surprised she's looking to be with like-minded people. A bit like Lord Haw-Haw back in the day, I suppose.

Bit of a difference between welcoming and begging to come over.