Summary
U.S. officials have warned European allies against excluding American defense firms from EU weapons tenders, amid new EU proposals to boost domestic arms production.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized U.S. concerns in recent meetings, citing potential negative repercussions if U.S. companies are sidelined.
The EU’s €150 billion ReArm Europe plan aims to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers as Trump signals reduced U.S. NATO engagement.
Washington sees the move as conflicting with its goal of selling arms abroad. Tensions highlight diverging transatlantic defense priorities under Trump’s leadership.
Nah, as an American, fuck the US government and US arms dealers. They don’t get to fuck over our allies and demand profit out of them in the war machine they keep moving. Especially with them joining the axis of evil and aiding Israel’s genocide of Palestine.
The EU should put massive tariffs on American exports, and double those on weapons.
The amount of mixed signals coming from this administration is insane.
Like you want to tariff us but if we fight back you say nah fam not like that.
America should be shunned out of society and can make deals with Russia and North Korea.
It’s about time people saw America for the bullies they are and sever ties with them.
Cunts.
The amount of mixed signals coming from this administration is insane.
No, seems pretty straightforward. It’s simply “we’ll tariff-whip you into submission and make you buy our shit”
It is logical if you accept that america has a fascist government. That is how fascism works, put pressure on other countries, bully them and if they do not comply you can point to them for politcal gain. After a while of “warning” and pretending that the other countries are enemies (all so your population gets riled up) you can start wars.
Samantha Bee had a prescient segment (not that it took much observation to get there) about Trump’s spreading taint back in 2017.
Phrasing
“We don’t need other countries!”
“Hey, you other countries can’t do that, we need you!”
Get fucked military industrial complex. Reap what you sow.
There are no patent limitations on manufacturing M16s. It’s a solid, proven, affordable design. Europe is a manufacturing powerhouse, with plenty of superb weapons manufacturers who don’t even need to use Stoner’s design. They risk absolutely nothing.
Why would Europe manufacture M16s? HK416s are superior, in that most NATO armies, including the US has adopted it.
Because it’s free. H&K is expensive. I imagine they still hold parents on the HK416 and might prevent other manufacturers from making them. No such restrictions exist for the M16 or AR-15 anymore. While the HK416 may well be superior, there’s nothing wrong with the AR that hasn’t been addressed for years. And it might send a bit of a message if Europe starts building a bunch of them.
Did they not just ask Europeans to up our defense spending? Getting a lot of mixed messages here… Fools.
They meant they wanted Europe to buy a bunch of overpriced American fighter jets
“isn’t there someone you forgot to ask” vibes
Put “DEI” requirements in the billing requirements
DEI exclusion surcharge.
Free market, guys.
Dear Mr. Rubio
Please gently fornicate yourself.
I don’t want a singe euro-cent of my taxes spent in the American industry.
You reap what you sow.
Of course
Sounds to me like the US government has been thoroughly infiltrated by corporations only interested in their own profit. How dare other countries not pay billions to American corporations??
But we knew this already.
Uh, what the fuck did these geniuses think would happen? Repeatedly kick every one of our allies in the balls, and…then what? Things continue just status quo in every other aspect?
European here. We never were your allied, america’s soft power have been imposed on us. Screw you
A bully never expects to be bullied right back
To be fair. That’s what’s basically been happening over the past 50 years. Just look at how we let Russia walk all over us. So it kinda makes sense for them to expect the same outcome.
Their only problem is that since Europe is basically on its own now, Europe has to choose for european produce. We can deal with one shitty dictatorship trying to push us around. But now its two shitty dictatorships so yeah that kinda changes things around (finally).
That is exactly what these numb nut dipshits expected.
Foreign countries do not just roll over to Donald Trump like American institutions do it seems
Probably one of the top 10 Trump moments so far from the Oval Office “ we are going to make less capable aircraft for our allies. In case they aren’t our allies anymore in the future you never know.”
right from putins mouth, it has alot buzzwords used by putin.
He literally turns everything that he touches into shit. He is like the shit version of king Midas.
King MidAss
Somebody said Mierdas
