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In WW1 Germany antagonised the US by offering Mexico an alliance and undertook Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. Clearly Germany wasn't overly worried about the US coming in to the war.
How strong would the US military have to be to deter the Germans from this sort of antagonism and could the US reach this level of strength without a drastic change in circumstances?