Fair point, and I agree.

But it also does need to be pointed out that building up the logistical pipelines that can create and sustain a truly viable and credible defense posture independent of the US is not going to be a cheap or fast process. Yes, Europe has benefited immensely in an economic sense from effectively delegating large parts of its defense infrastructure and policy to the US via NATO… but it’s pretty clear that era is ending (or really, has ended).

I’m just shocked more European countries didn’t take it more seriously the first time he got elected.