US warns EU against excluding American companies from € 150 billion defense initiative which can supply Ukraine with weapons
US warns EU against excluding American companies from € 150 billion defense initiative which can supply Ukraine with weapons
But isn't the EU's military self-sufficient the thing that the US has been talking about for so long?
They want the EU members to have large armies equipped with american weapons.
That the US government can turn off at any time they want.
And then they build in a switch-off trigger so that when their allies, the Russians, and they will attack us - according to the so called Trump-Putin agreement - they can switch off all the weapons.
it's called "racketeering"
Even if a country has a very efficient military, or an ineffective one, "spend 5%!!!".
On USA weapons ofc.
Because spending more needs time to ramp up, relevant, arms production. Or buy from the USA of course.
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No, they want Europe to pay for its own defense. That still would include buying US weapons.
Basically the US was the worlds police until recently. That gave them a lot of global influence mainyl the USD being the global currency. However it also required them to have a massive military and do things like supporting Ukraine, which obviously cost a lot. So they want other reasonable countries to pay for their own defense to keep their costs down. That however always meant still buying US weapons. The problem being that for some like the EU a working defense means less reliance on the US, hence less benefits.
It would be inappropriate to include US companies after the US has shown itself so unreliable. Also, the US should stop meddling in European policy. Get rid of your fascist regime, and we can talk again. Until then, we'd rather talk to Canada.
Rubio warned that excluding American firms from European tenders would be viewed negatively by Washington—an implicit criticism of the EU’s proposed procurement rules.
Oh no! If we don't buy any weapons, they might not want to sell us weapons anymore!
A Nordic diplomat not present at the Baltic meeting confirmed that US officials recently conveyed their concerns, stating that any exclusion from EU arms purchases would be inappropriate.
Yeah, the US has recently done just a few things that "would be inappropriate" as well, so I think we're on good ethical ground here.
We fully support that you want to be independent from us, but you need to buy from us to do it (and still be dependent on us).
Sounds like a an abusive relationship to me
There is still about 100,000 US soldiers stationed all over Europe. It was never about having any sort of equality and mutual respect in that relationship. Previous US administrations just chose to not say this too loudly.
Well the US used to be the primary supplier. Until a month or so ago. Kind of brought it on yourself yeah?
I really hope the EU will just cut the USA wherever possible!
Buy EU products!
But maybe Europe simply does not want anymore.
Maybe this monetary "initiative" has been created exactly for this not wanting American weapons anymore.
Put tarrifs on American made weapons entering the EU.
The European sleeping giant must awaken.
Sorry Trump, but it will never be the same again.
What are you going to do about it, losers? You've lost all sway in the conversation with the shit you've pulled. Enjoy the view from your throne of eternal irrelevance that you've built for yourself
Maybe we should just put 50% tariffs to US arms
Ignore whatever comes after "US Warns".
Treat it how we treat "Russia Warns" - this is probably bad for them and they suck.
if the US were interested in the peace of the world and not its own best interests, perhaps this would be a worthy statement...as of now, fuck helping anyone more interested in themselves as opposed to the greater good...this isn't 1650, we are a planet of "rational" beings, not individual races defined by arbitrary borders...
Or what?