US officials press European countries to maintain access for American defense companies as EU plans €150 billion ReArm initiative that could limit participation of non-EU firms amid growing transatlantic tensions.
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.
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.