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It’s short sighted to say Europe should spend more on defence. Europe is now going to move away from US weapons and develop its own systems.

That’s a net loss for American defence companies and jobs in the USA. For the US military, costs per unit will go up, because they aren’t mass producing these systems at the same scale.

Trump didn’t just step back from an alliance that existed for 80 years, he also burnt the bridge by destroying trust.

For Europe, it’s probably a good thing to kickstart a new economic recovery, e.g. German automakers can switch to tanks and IFVs.