Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup

Maybe that’s because we pissed everybody off.

The US just needs to pull itself up by the bootstraps and keep applying to more countries to land a contract.

Why didn't Europe protect me from the consequences of my own actions?

It's like they're not trusting the US for the defence of their sovereignty. That's weird. I wonder why.

Tarriftopia complaining about "protectionist and exclusionary policies that bully American companies out of the market" is amazing.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Wednesday slammed European NATO allies for prioritizing their own defense industry over American arms suppliers

removed YOU LITERALLY TOLD US THAT IS WHAT YOU WANTED.

Get fucked. I don't consider the US allies anyway, we don't ally with fascists.

Edit: i have been informed that I am to ease on the hyperbole, so correction: read the former through a lens of less hyperbole, violence is bad

Just wait until the post-tariff trade deals start hitting in a year or two.

America doesn't have any idea yet the scope of disaster that Donald has created, and the worst part is that he and the other billionaires are insulated from it.

Dear USA,

Womp womp.

Sincerely,

Everywhere Else.

European here. Good. Our elected officials are not yet so stupid as to think that stupid man has any actual sense.

America isn't a peer anymore.

Washington is unhappy that some European arms programs limit U.S. participation.

Ok, we can make it all arms programs.

Hasn't the regime been tell them to do more for their own defenses? Why are they getting mad at them for doing what was asked?

Womp womp.

thoughts and prayers 

When is US going to start buying Eurofighter or Leopard 2 then?

The EU is buying a ton of American weapons though?

Looks like a smug fuck.

...as a US citizen, i am ashamed.

slammed

Quick, bring out the bicycle meme.

The US has a president who's gone to great length in demonstrating that the US is unreliable and could be treacherous.

For example, why should Denmark or its allies (the entire EU and NATO) buy weapons from a country whose president has indicated that he dreams of annexing Greenland?

The situation currently is such: Ukraine needs weapons right now, and will happily use European money to buy US weapons. But purchases where multiple alternatives are viable, and there's no hurry? Countries have started preferring their own weapons, or those of countries that are in the same boat. Depending solely on the US is seen as a vulnerability now.

Here in Eastern Europe, if offered a choice between a hypothetic identical US missile and a Swedish missile, I would consider it likely that supplies of the US missile may be absent at a critical time, while supplies of a Swedish missile will surely increase at a critical time. They're under the same umbrella and will help patch it if someone tries breaking it.

The whole point of Europe handing our defense companies to the rear view mirror is to get away from relying on us. I as a american hope they do. The more they do the smaller US defense companies become and that is a good thing for america and its citizens.

Considering that we may have WW3 started by the United States, I very much approve of Europe and friends cutting out America. It would be preferable if they had fully vetted and stockpiled arms, rather than makeshift drones made out of bedframes.

This sounds like an entirely good thing! Good job EU!

European bureucrats like von der Leyen are spineless American lapdogs. They will apologise and kiss Trump’s feet. They always have.

respond by expelling thier embassies.

Good. Give nothing to the us of fascistland. Even Canada is going to switch to Europe for planes etc.

The orange man likely shouldn't have been broadcasting out that he'd sell sub-standard equipment to allies, because "maybe they won't be our allies for long" then.

I know, if America wants to convince the rest of the western world that its arms are top notch, they should provide gear to Ukraine and allow Ukraine to use it without restriction -- seeing those arms actually defeat the Russian arms, would be a convincing case that US arms are high quality. Cause right now, that conflict isn't exactly a winning endorsement of being a US Ally, or buying US kit.

Instead, all we see is the states vulture-circling its client while handicapping their ability to defend themselves with seemingly sub standard weaponry. We see countries like India shifting to Russian arms deals, likely in part because of this sort of thing. Why buy American, if American arms are not allowed to be used against an aggressor nation? Why buy American, if owning those weapons means that Russia can still steamroll you due to America siding with Russia and salivating over your resources?

Biggest global rearming since WW1 and people are cheering about it like they don't understand what happens next.