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Trump may have accelerated it, but I think this process has been going on for way longer. There have been some far-going experiments in cooperation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-German_Brigade: operational since 1989, German troops stationed on French soil since 2009.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._German/Dutch_Corps: 30,000 troops (mostly German, I would guess, but several time with a Dutch commander)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeNeSam: Belgian and Dutch navy cooperation since 1948, with a joint commanding officer since 1996 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Benelux). Chances are this, eventually, will lead to a merger of armies, navies, and air forces of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.



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