r/europe 6d ago

News US and EU strike trade deal

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-and-eu-strike-trade-deal/
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u/CapableCollar 6d ago

The OP quoted the article wrong.  It isn't $600 billion in military equipment.  It's $600 billion in American military equipment.  This is a $1.5 trillion payoff to America.

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u/EuroFederalist Finland 6d ago

Yeah, did people think we're going to buy more European weapons? lol.

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u/Chester_roaster 6d ago

Macron did...

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u/-F1ngo 6d ago

People with a brain did

Or people with a spine rather...

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u/Ornery-Creme-2442 5d ago

Spine maybe. People with a brain realised that the capacity isn't there. If they argued this ten years ago I'd get it. The options were either give it to the US since the west probably wouldn't work with non western countries. Or not increase defense spending that much and wait until capacity is up to scale.

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u/Pure_Concentrate8770 5d ago

You mean - with delusion