Summary
U.S. officials have warned European allies against excluding American defense firms from EU weapons tenders, amid new EU proposals to boost domestic arms production.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized U.S. concerns in recent meetings, citing potential negative repercussions if U.S. companies are sidelined.
The EU’s €150 billion ReArm Europe plan aims to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers as Trump signals reduced U.S. NATO engagement.
Washington sees the move as conflicting with its goal of selling arms abroad. Tensions highlight diverging transatlantic defense priorities under Trump’s leadership.
“We don’t need other countries!”
“Hey, you other countries can’t do that, we need you!”
The amount of mixed signals coming from this administration is insane.
Like you want to tariff us but if we fight back you say nah fam not like that.
America should be shunned out of society and can make deals with Russia and North Korea.
It’s about time people saw America for the bullies they are and sever ties with them.
Cunts.
The amount of mixed signals coming from this administration is insane.
No, seems pretty straightforward. It’s simply “we’ll tariff-whip you into submission and make you buy our shit”
AKA “fuck around”
Did they not just ask Europeans to up our defense spending? Getting a lot of mixed messages here… Fools.
They meant they wanted Europe to buy a bunch of overpriced American fighter jets
Get fucked military industrial complex. Reap what you sow.
Nah, as an American, fuck the US government and US arms dealers. They don’t get to fuck over our allies and demand profit out of them in the war machine they keep moving. Especially with them joining the axis of evil and aiding Israel’s genocide of Palestine.
The EU should put massive tariffs on American exports, and double those on weapons.
There are no patent limitations on manufacturing M16s. It’s a solid, proven, affordable design. Europe is a manufacturing powerhouse, with plenty of superb weapons manufacturers who don’t even need to use Stoner’s design. They risk absolutely nothing.
Why would Europe manufacture M16s? HK416s are superior, in that most NATO armies, including the US has adopted it.
Because it’s free. H&K is expensive. I imagine they still hold parents on the HK416 and might prevent other manufacturers from making them. No such restrictions exist for the M16 or AR-15 anymore. While the HK416 may well be superior, there’s nothing wrong with the AR that hasn’t been addressed for years. And it might send a bit of a message if Europe starts building a bunch of them.
The argument against the M16 right now is that an intermediate caliber rifle can’t do anything against modern body armor (Edit: and to the other poster, this also applies to the HK416). Works if you’re shooting poor brown people, but not anyone with a well equipped military. The US itself is in the middle of replacing the M16 for this reason.
When the XM7 was being developed, there was a chance the whole thing was a mistake if a near-peer war never happened. Now the likelihood of a near-peer war is looking more likely.
Fucking don’t buy shit from us.
US arms companies have been fighting basic laws like gun licenses for years. The results are thousands of dead children. Fuck them companies.
Samantha Bee had a prescient segment (not that it took much observation to get there) about Trump’s spreading taint back in 2017.
Phrasing
Careful EU. Remember what the US did in Iraq when Saddam was going to switch from the dollar to the Euro.
Imagine getting nuked by Macron for trying to invade europe
LOL.
Until U.S. foreign policy is no longer dictated by the Kremlin, the U.S. can get fucked.
“Warned against excluding”
Wait until the US feels threatened by the EU and will need to invade to guarantee security for its citizens.
Literally just russia 2.0
As an American citizen. I support this message.
it’s so weird being like “hey foreign invaders. i’ll help y’all out. i’m down for bing a canadian province. or maybe the netherlands, france, or spain can reclaim their claims? i’m also down to arm native americans. i’m very flexible. i’m just not okay with this”
That’s what happens when your country falls to Nazism. Anything else would be better.
Land Back has always been a valid option
and i’m in serious support of it to be clear
Why would it change after that? They’ve clearly demonstrated they intend to just stab their allies in the back the second a bit of cash gets wiggled in front of their snouts.
Uh, what the fuck did these geniuses think would happen? Repeatedly kick every one of our allies in the balls, and…then what? Things continue just status quo in every other aspect?
A bully never expects to be bullied right back
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Probably one of the top 10 Trump moments so far from the Oval Office “ we are going to make less capable aircraft for our allies. In case they aren’t our allies anymore in the future you never know.”
right from putins mouth, it has alot buzzwords used by putin.
He literally turns everything that he touches into shit. He is like the shit version of king Midas.
Somebody said Mierdas
King MidAss
Foreign countries do not just roll over to Donald Trump like American institutions do it seems
That is exactly what these numb nut dipshits expected.
“Warned”? What are you going to do, invade Europe for not buying our weapons? These chucklefucks legit think they own the world.
I would tell them that any company without solid, written, DEI policies need not apply.
This is the same US government that’s currently complaining it’s too difficult to do business in Quebec (a province of a country the US is threatening to invade) because native French speakers insist on speaking French. The US is demanding they use English.
I’ve also missed this. The narcissism of American leaders has no bounds.
It’s about Quebec’s Bill 96, which requires companies of a certain size to do business in French (so documents and communications must be available in French), and also requires French labeling on products (with parallel English labeling optional). The USA complains that this is too onerous. But Quebec is a French-speaking province, so it’s like complaining that France expects you to do business in French.
The bill:
It’s like being in Montreal and shouting English at people like it’ll help them understand.
(And in mtl they’ll probably play reeeeeeally dumb)
I must have missed this one, very classy and up to par for the admin.
It’s a national security threat for the EU to buy American arms. All it takes is for a crazy US president to cut their supply when they’re most in need like the US did to Ukraine and they’re in trouble. The EU is right to exclude US arms. Trumps actions have consequences.
