Also means every US ally now knows that even its private sector contracts with US is a tool the admin can and will look to weaponize against them, so they will all be looking hard to derisk from US much more broadly than would otherwise have been the case - ThreadSky

pwnallthethings.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Also means every US ally now knows that even its private sector contracts with US is a tool the admin can and will look to weaponize against them, so they will all be looking hard to derisk from US much more broadly than would otherwise have been the case

Reposted from James Cameron

In cutting access to commercially available unclassified imagery, the US is moving from reducing military assistance to Ukraine towards something more like sanctions.

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jrowanbxl.bsky.social•3 days ago

Couple of months ago some friends and I were chatting about the extent to which Europe might use the promise of increased purchases of US military kit as leverage, and those conversations feel like an artifact from another era already. US weapons makers watching global sales swirl down the plughole.

dagfish.bsky.social•2 days ago

No western country trusts us for shit right now. Technology, intelligence, every product from the USA is tainted by our current regime

ajgenz.bsky.social•2 days ago

The deadweight losses from this U.S. turning on its allies will be immense. It's a reverse "peace dividend."

vanni.zerauschek.zzthome.it•2 days ago

We should question the existence of rule of law in USA.

alexcharles.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes.

shipperxphile.bsky.social•2 days ago

I cannot imagine how smug Putin feels having cultivated Donny for decades to destroy us from within 🤦🏼‍♀️

arkenor.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder how much of that can be moved over to Europe's satellite network. Vaguely recall we were working on a GPS alternative.

Oh right, Galileo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)

andersenf.bsky.social•3 days ago

In four years the US match North Korea in isolation

logatex.bsky.social•3 days ago

will99.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes - this will massively negatively impact the sales of the US tech sector - no one will be buying key systems that Trump can just switch off to blackmail the buyer. Trump is hugely damaging the American economy by tanking overseas sales.

ukrainolution.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not just key systems. Consumer tech as well. Nobody wants to wake up and find out they have been cut off from iCloud or Gmail because the president of the US doesn’t like the way his trade war is going with your, once close US ally, country.

s3rp86.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is also going to stay in place after Trump is out of office because once trust is broken like that it's not just coming back .

will99.bsky.social•3 days ago

True - trust is gone. And hard to get back. People will treat US tech in the same way they already treat Chinese tech - nobody wants to be at the mercy of the CCP or Maga.

sndrp.bsky.social•2 days ago

We’re looking at a lost decade or two before anyone comes back to USA table, assuming we have elections again and republicans can nominate non-conspiracy addled fascists.

iamtheluciddream.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Nah, it's over. Europe will forget it's own path and resent the US for it

jaksays.bsky.social•3 days ago

Nobody is buying US military hardware again, now they know the US might well disable it in future

jaksays.bsky.social•3 days ago

* excluding AUKAUS, because even though the US is quite clear we will probably never get the submarines, and they will be under US control, we are for some reason determined to sent $400 billion we can't afford to the US for a weapon system we don't need

notendingwell.bsky.social•3 days ago

Adults in the room, yada yada yada something...

s3rp86.bsky.social•3 days ago

Should've just kept the french deal in place . At least you'd have control over those subs

fry69.dev•3 days ago

Long term future strategic planning for military equipment should incorporate such risk factors accordingly, to the point that US will only hurt themselves by not adhering to contracts.

We must come to terms that US are no longer the benevolent leader of the free world, they are just another player

meganbrady.bsky.social•3 days ago

Have been having this convo for months now. Australia and England need to rethink #aukus

dodyg.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Great Decoupling

phill.hallambaker.com•2 days ago

Also looking like Trump has provided Russia with satellite intel.

Or if not Russia, Gabbard.

mycatsarerocks.bsky.social•2 days ago

It won't be MAGA isolation ism that isolates USA. It will be the world isolating the USA because of Trump. And I am not sure either Russia or China will come to Trump's rescue.

newenglandmean.bsky.social•2 days ago

So this Administration with the passive, if not active approval of Congress, is sanctioning Ukraine & working to overthrow Zelensky? Oh and also cutting aid and previously committed military support? Who would be dumb enough to ever trust our promises again? UsS a World leader? What a joke.

julia.cool•3 days ago

and the fact that Maxar will apparently say “ok!” and not “fuck off”

timoconnorbl.bsky.social•3 days ago

Europe is already moving on that.

https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com/post/3ljqaneccbs22

timoconnorbl.bsky.social•3 days ago

And in quite a few ways.

https://bsky.app/profile/sophiepedder.bsky.social/post/3ljrntxlep22w

sweatgamerepeat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Canada is looking no to move on this as quickly as it can. Given the NYT story today of trump tearing up border and water treaties, I’m doubtful we can do so quickly enough. Thoughts on the land grab risk being posed by the US now with the information being carefully leaked to the press?

skyfog.bsky.social•2 days ago

"US ally" means Russia, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Perhaps even El Salvador.

el-condor-pasa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bye bye US business.

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