Il capo della NATO Rutte afferma che l’Europa pagherà le armi americane per l’Ucraina

Should have been the main way to arm ukraine from the beginning!

Trump with Borat voice: “I liiike”

The entire discussion about percentage of GDP connects to this effectively. Any raise in percentage would have been an increase in weapon sales for the US anyways. Many people have simply not looked at this from this particular angle. The US GDP percentage of weapon sales is not a small one.

And yes. We can as well foot the bill directly instead of this convoluted forth and back where money ends in the US anyways.

P.S. Politically it is better if the Ukraine has debt with its European neighbours than with a dwindling super power across the Atlantic. They play on too many fields already and show clearly that Europe is not of any priority for the time being.

For those looking for numbers and sources: Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments in 2023 rose 16% to a record $238 billion. [Source](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-arms-exports-hit-record-high-fiscal-2023-2024-01-29/) So any further raise in allied nations will logically also raise their sales even further, as they are one of the biggest exporters to most NATO nations.

xD its funny sorry guys,i believe in history Europe never mocked like this

It is a useless waste of money. Russia cannot be beaten in military sense.
The more these people spend – the more they lose.
Ukraine has lost the war. There was never any other option, to be honest, and they knew it.
The western civilization needs to accept the reality and start to think how to make friends with Russia again.

So just like in WW1 and WW2 then.

IMO, this should be a stopgap solution until Europe has build its arms industries.

I have a very strong opinion on this matter.

I don’t care if the capacity to increase European production isn’t enough this or next year, and Ukraine suffers as a result. Even though I’m sympathetic to the Ukrainian cause, I don’t want to see Europe submissive to the Americans at a time like this. Europe first, Ukraine second.

Buying American weapons to support Ukraine is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen the more you look at it.

Russia is not just our enemy, it is the US’s too. We need to invest in ourselves and not just foot the bill for this whole situation with our taxes going to the USA.

Is it the best decision? Hell no. But we don’t live in exactly normal times lately.

**Edit:** I’m not a fucking tankie. And clearly this is not the best option, ok? I’d like to say that diplomacy can solve this, but it probably won’t. **We are not a money cow**, and we aint a saint as well. So if push comes to shove, I’m sorry, but I want my taxes to be spent in Europe, rather than paying for American weapons that we shouldn’t be paying for in the first place. **Blame America, not the Europeans** for the damage this will have in the short-mediam term to Ukraine

Instead of spent 5% in buying US weapons maybe we should invest that 5% in build up our defenses so we dont depend on the US president and we dont need to pay their exhorbitant prices.

So in 10 years time, when we need it, we are ready.

Overpaying for US weapons now sounds like a good waste of money that could be used for our protection, like investing in drones.

Reuters clickbait.

Headline is misleading at best:
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday urged the United States to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight Russia’s invasion and said he was sure Europe was ready to pay the bill.

I am glad that these countries are showing USA that they don’t need us. They send all of our military bases back to the USA.

He is the NATO spokes person, how can he decide what Europe is going to do.

Or we should start producing more weapons instead of fueling the oligarchy across the sea

This is insanity, Europe Will pay for US arms? Seriously?

And people are baffled by Brexit. This is 100% why, the union is so weak its baffling. Why not buy russian arms instead?

Very wise of Rutte.

It’s about denying the Americans the economic argument to stop supporting Ukraine

Ramp up production of European arms and ammunition manufacturers rather than buying US stuff.

AFAIK Nexter can build more new Leclerc tanks. Not sure if production lines for new Leopard 2´s still exist.

Europe and Nato should stop funding the war!!!