EngineX@lemmy.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoBetter buy European: Trump ‘kill switch’ fears grow over Australia’s $17 billion F-35 fleetwww.news.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down13
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkBetter buy European: Trump ‘kill switch’ fears grow over Australia’s $17 billion F-35 fleetwww.news.com.auEngineX@lemmy.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarehector@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoNah the UK is in the US bloc, you want to keep arms manufacturing separate from them as the US can lean on them. I hate to say it but that’s the truth here, the UK has shown no metal to dissuade such a presumption either.
minus-squareModCen@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoWith Trump’s recent ambitions regarding a seizure of European land, maybe more Brits will now recognise that reliance on the US isn’t a great idea
Nah the UK is in the US bloc, you want to keep arms manufacturing separate from them as the US can lean on them. I hate to say it but that’s the truth here, the UK has shown no metal to dissuade such a presumption either.
With Trump’s recent ambitions regarding a seizure of European land, maybe more Brits will now recognise that reliance on the US isn’t a great idea