As Trump upends U.S. foreign policy, getting closer to Russia, threatening NATO allies, pausing cooperation with Ukraine, Washington’s traditional partners — and best customers — are rethinking their dependence on American weapons systems www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... - ThreadSky

matthewhaybrown.bsky.social • 51 days ago

As Trump upends U.S. foreign policy, getting closer to Russia, threatening NATO allies, pausing cooperation with Ukraine, Washington’s traditional partners — and best customers — are rethinking their dependence on American weapons systems

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/23/europe-us-weapons-dependence-trump/

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callum99.bsky.social•50 days ago

F35 program is dead in the water. Europe, Canada and Japan will buy stop gap fighters and speed up development of next generation of military aircraft.

festivusphil.bsky.social•50 days ago

Given the pittance the elites in those nations have allotted and spent to defend nations, cultures and a civilization that they've come to have contempt for, it would taken them many decades to innovate and build all that they don't currently have. Good luck with that.

tonibradfield.bsky.social•51 days ago

Anyone have a gift link 🙏🏽

cforrest.bsky.social•51 days ago

The orange overlord told the world the weapons you sell to other countries can be shut off at his whim or will be watered down versions. Why the hell would anyone buy anything from the usa?

silverbirds.bsky.social•50 days ago

You know 'the art of the deal' and all that utter bunkum . 🤣

theeagles.bsky.social•51 days ago

The American military manufacturing companies will suffer financially!?!

kekepana.bsky.social•51 days ago

The orange Führer doesn’t understand the concept of allies. He’s openly telling our now-former allies that he will sell them detuned versions of our fighters in case they turn against him, and he has demonstrated that he will gleefully withhold arms and parts if you really need them.

michel142.bsky.social•50 days ago

Ça prouve à quel point Trump est un idiot, qui va vouloir de ses F-35 qu'il peut à tout moment rendre inactif à cause qu'il n'a pas eu une bonne partie sur le terrain de golf 🤦‍♂️

leogrozavu.bsky.social•51 days ago

My fear is that what Romania managed to avoid last minute, the manipulation of the presidential elections with the aid of tik-tok and other social networks, in order to install a Russia-friendly-puppet president, the US failed to prevent.

leogrozavu.bsky.social•51 days ago

What worries me the most from the US news is the lack of strength your institutions have. Strating with the most obvious ones, the 3 letter agencies.
However, what makes me feel a little better is the strength of ordinary american people . It will be very hard for trump to finish his mandate.

alacazar.bsky.social•50 days ago

Yes, Vance was clear about that because he was furious and told all sorts of crazy stuff. ROMANIA is better than the USA at preventing the fall of democracy...that tells a lot.

trumpbootedout.bsky.social•51 days ago

Another step to tank the economy as our allies won't buy weapons from the US. #tRUMPtanksTheEconomy!

hotmail-1966.bsky.social•50 days ago

and that’s absolutely true. Europe must stop buying American military weapens. America is no longer a reliable ally, perhaps not an ally at all.

dugganpubs.bsky.social•50 days ago

At least DUI hire Hegseth wears a suit and tie in the Oval Office.

silverbirds.bsky.social•50 days ago

"Art of the deal" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

silverbirds.bsky.social•51 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com/post/3ll33i7hrnm2w

francoismarechal.bsky.social•51 days ago

eu is in reality questioning the reliability of along term ally that starts becoming unstable and non predictable. You know like when you observe the first dementia symptoms for your long term partner.

hlacey.bsky.social•50 days ago

The American people have proven, by electing Trump again, that this country cannot be trusted to be a reliable ally. No nation can confidently believe that this country's word is now dependable. So, yes, no nation should continue to buy our weapons systems. That is among the costs that we now incur.

johncornfield.bsky.social•51 days ago

No treaty, no contract, no deal with USA is worth the sharpie ink.

twotrickponies.bsky.social•51 days ago

how ironic. as a nation who built power and wealth on military industrial complex, trump has actually begun the destruction of that. who’da think it 😁

notetherapy.bsky.social•51 days ago

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perevaa.bsky.social•51 days ago

The trust is broken. Even if the U.S. gets a new president tomorrow, it’ll take years to rebuild the transatlantic partnership.

nickybe.bsky.social•51 days ago

The 🍊 one keeps repeating how much allies are subsidised by the US. He doesn't realise that such simple maths ignores the markets created for the US military-industrial complex, and the stability such allies provide.

I'm sorry to say it, but my trust in the US has gone, and will be hard to recover.

silverbirds.bsky.social•50 days ago

Exactly, once trust is lost it is very difficult to regain . The US is now considered as a pariah country. Europe are working on making it irrelevant to their defence program.

alacazar.bsky.social•50 days ago

And Canada too. If all goes well with our election, I think there are going to be major defense deals with Europe. We will start rebuilding our defense economy and and we will not have problems using our steel and aluminium ourselves. We still have friends in Europe...the US doesn't beside Russia

silverbirds.bsky.social•50 days ago

🙏🇨🇦🙏 elections.

silverbirds.bsky.social•50 days ago

Exactly , love to see how Canada has been included in the European forums lately.

travisdk.bsky.social•51 days ago

The european defence industry absolutely love Trump ❤️
They're heading for record earnings in '25 💰

travisdk.bsky.social•50 days ago

Oh and now they love Pete Hegseth too 😍 - What an absolute plonker 🤪

alacazar.bsky.social•50 days ago

American billionaires will probably invest in european defense company and drop the US ones. Except Boeing of course...their F-47 is gonna be something

patzellmer.bsky.social•51 days ago

Yes. Why wouldn’t you re-think “alliance” with U S?

ausderkaribik.bsky.social•51 days ago

No clear thinking person nor country trust the USA. I see them falling from arrogance and stupidity before it's all over.

kampfmittelfrei.bsky.social•51 days ago

And it's not only F35.
US cloth, food, equipment, electronics, software becomes more and more uncool and will be regarded as dangerous.
We don't buy dictatorship phones, shoes, music,..

leogrozavu.bsky.social•51 days ago

US food is already considered dangerous in EU. Most of US food doesn't meet the requirements to be considered as "food" in the EU.

kampfmittelfrei.bsky.social•51 days ago

I wonder what happens if #Nike #Apple #Amazon #Coke... starts to become uncool.

It's not that much about boycott it's more like the complete loss of spirit behind? Shall we whatch heroic bullshit, #US fighting aliens if they are not even strong enough to fight for democracy?

alacazar.bsky.social•50 days ago

Well said! My thoughts exactly. The rest of the Free World will find a new path, once it is done, the US after Trump, if it still exist, will beg to be part of that new thing.

alacazar.bsky.social•50 days ago

Also, I would strongly advise all the allies to stop trading oil in US dollar. Use the Euro! That would hit hard! US currency would drop big time. Trump must see that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one...

heyitsmattwade.bsky.social•51 days ago

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yulibear.bsky.social•51 days ago

Gee, wonder if this affects the economy?

germanroots.bsky.social•51 days ago

Well Leon did say we'd have to go through some pain.

Not him, of course. Just us.

danvaebel.bsky.social•50 days ago

pr Krasnov is probably a godsend. Result of his actions : dump the US, buy elsewhere

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