None of the alliance members, including the US, currently spends 5% of GDP on defence, according to NATO figures. Poland is the highest spender in GDP terms at 4.12%, followed by Estonia at 3.43% and the United States at 3.38%.
I’d like to see people respond to a headline that reads, “Trump demands US increase NATO funding”.
And all NATO members should buy stuff from European NATO suppliers just to piss him off.
NATO members can’t buy stuff from imaginary suppliers that don’t exist in the real world.
There are plenty in NATO suppliers in Europe. I should know, I worked for one.
Do they supply to all NATO countries or are they only supplying NATO-approved materiel to their home country?
Like, are we just talking German company making German tanks?
And they produce things on artisanal scale. Go look up what percentage of NATO military production the US accounts for.
If they got more money, they could scale up for the contract? Might take a few years but best time to start is before you need it.
The west has been pouring billions into the military industry over the past three years and still isn’t able to meaningfully ramp up production right now. Simply pouring money into this isn’t the solution, it would take a lot of structural changes to create a functional military industry. Meanwhile, Europe is now in deep economic trouble, and diverting large parts of the budget towards military will only make domestic unrest grow as it will result in further austerity. Political stability is by far the biggest near term problem for the EU.
Hmm makes me wonder if corruption is at foot.
Europe is too racist to quit NATO, so instead of belts & roads and cheap fuel, they’re going to get American-style healthcare.
