Do we owe our European brothers a thank you for martyring themselves?

It made me proud to be an American today watching the swearing-in ceremony for our new Defense Secretary Mattis, and then the signing of executive orders to begin protecting our national borders from massive immigration, as well as the order to rebuild our military---but not to be used for going abroad in search of monsters.

Do we owe our European brothers a thank you for martyring themselves to open borders, etc, showing America what not to do? We will have enough trouble dealing with almost half the country who are like brainwashed zombies marching around objecting to saving their own country and their own lives.