Sir Keir warns that "things will not go back to the way they were" as he says the US makes it clear it will no longer "bankroll" its allies.
  • CAVOK@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    131·
    7 days ago

    I mean, he’s not wrong, but also the deal was that the US took the brunt of the cost for defence of the US and its allies, and in returned got support/compliance from those allies. Europe didn’t have a global foreign policy due to this arrangement. Now we’ll have that, which could put us in conflict with the US.

    The damage the Trump-led administration has done to the US should not be underestimated.

  • Chee_Koala@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    The US stopped helping pay for Ukraine’s defense about 19 months ago so I don’t know wtf he’s even talking about. Soooo… yes, we know, Starmer? Or does he still believe The United States of Trumpia would honor article 5? What bankrolling of defence is he talking about?

  • reksas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    Relying on usa for defence is just barely above relying on russia to defend europe

  • tardigrade@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    I get his point, but the term ‘bankroll’ is a bit misleading imho in the given context. The U.S. public was bankrolling the U.S. defence companies. Europe will have to not only spend more for its defence, but also build its own defence companies and homegrown technology, a transition that has already started. And I am not sure whether Trump has taken that into account when he started the “Project 2025”.