oh? you mean they don’t actually need the billions the US has sent and continues to send every year?
UK, France and Israel. Previously the US had nuclear weapons stationed in Japan and South Korea.
Those aren’t puppet states
Puppet states differ from allies, who choose their actions of their own initiative or in accordance with treaties they have voluntarily entered. Puppet states are forced into legally endorsing actions already taken by a foreign power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_state#Recent_and_current_examples
All of Europe works as puppet states to the US, it doesn’t matter what the official book says because if they would say it out loud then Europe would realise they are being dragged into collapse by the Empire. The same can be said of Israel, you will not hear US officials admitting it, but they maintain good relations because Israel is a key political figure to keep a level of destabilisation in West Asia, Europe fulfils the same role but to control Russia.
Germany has us nukes. Not that we are a puppet state, but it is undeniable that the US has stationed them in bases around the world.
Germany is in the American sphere of influence and has opted to sacrifice much of its economy for US interests against Russia.
Y’all are pretty puppety when push comes to shove.
