We did. Maybe you should, too?
You're arguing with your imagination, my friend. Your leadership actually is like that, and the ignorance makes the arrogance look worse.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-officials-object-european-p...
https://www.politico.eu/article/washington-lobbies-eu-agains...
>"One of the self-evident conclusions of the war in Ukraine was … the European continent and America'[s] underinvestment … in [their] defense industrial base[s] — the ability to produce munitions [and] emerging technologies rapidly and field them, was a blind spot exposed through the aggression against Ukraine," he said.
>The U.S., Ukraine and Europe are all expanding their industrial bases, but more must be done.
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/406681...
US leadership has been consistent in encouraging Europe to expand its defense-industrial base. Excluding the US from weapons procurement is not the same thing.
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