Trump Wants Europe to Defend Itself.
Europas länder äger över 2 700 miljarder dollar av USA:s statsskuld,
medan Kina äger blott 760 miljarder dollar.
– I samma stund som ett land eller investerare börjar dumpa amerikanska statsobligationer rasar värdet på dessa värdepapper.
DN 9 mars 2025
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/professor-europa-har-ekonomisk-hallhake-pa-usa/
Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland put it simply last week, saying:
“500 million Europeans ask 300 million Americans to protect them from 140 million Russians.”
Friedrich Merz, who is on course to be the next chancellor of Germany, proposing to spend nearly 1 trillion euros, or $1.07 trillion, on the military and infrastructure over the next 10 years.
The Europeans possess a lot, but also need a lot more sophisticated weaponry, now largely provided by the United States.
The biggest gaps are in integrated air and missile defense and long-range precision strike capability, said Ben Hodges, a former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe.
Europe also lacks “strategic enablers,” including transport aircraft, sophisticated drones and satellites — crucial systems for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
New York Times 7 mars 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world/europe/europe-self-defense-trump.html
Lord Ismay NATO’s first Secretary General had famously said NATO was created to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”
Det har väl gått lite sisådär den senaste tiden.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_137930.htm
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