The U.S. military wants to make Europe assume more of the burden of defending Europe and shift the military’s emphasis towards containing China. From Andrew Korybko.substack.com:
Although the Biden Administration is controlled by liberal-globalists who believe that the US should continue letting the EU freeload off of it as a reward for their ideological alignment, military-strategic imperatives vis-a-vis China have already prompted the Pentagon to partially implement Trump’s plan.
Politico published a piece on Tuesday about how “Trump’s Plan for NATO Is Emerging”, which cites some on-the-record and unnamed sources to describe his approach towards the bloc if he’s re-elected. It’s based upon a policy brief that was written by Dr. Sumantra Maitra in February 2023 for the Trump-affiliated Center for Renewing America. Titled “Pivoting the US Away from Europe to a Dormant NATO”, it details how the US can get the EU to defend Europe while the US focuses on containing China in Asia.
The gist is that the US would pull funding from non-essential NATO activities that have nothing to do with defending the bloc from a Russian attack, which Maitra believes isn’t realistic anyhow owing to a lack of will and capability, thus enabling it to return to its core mission and reduce bureaucratic bloat. Everyone would be pressured to ramp up military spending in order to remain under the US’ nuclear umbrella, but sub-bloc coalitions would take responsibility for defending the eastern flank, not the US.
Maitra’s proposal is aimed at ending the era of European freeloading by abruptly shifting the burden for continental defense onto their shoulders, with the US then transforming into an “offshore balancer” vis-à-vis Eurasia (mostly with respect to China and Russia) and “a logistics provider of last resort” for the EU. As part of this transition, the EU would develop cross-border defense industries instead of retaining its purely national ones so as to improve interoperability, thus facilitating the US’ aforesaid logistics role.
But, but, but, comrade Brandon is muh foreign policy genius who will shake off the Russophobes with his historic lazers?
They loved them some CCCP back in 1939-1945 days though didn’t they.
Especially comrade kommissar FDR of the CPUSA or democrats.
There is that secret recording of Herr Adolf with Mannerheim (?) of Finland and the quote we have destroyed 35,000 tanks and they still have more.
[83,500 in total] (H/T-QR)
Not just due to those WAR factories in the Ural Mountains that are still there, Lend-Lease, they admit to 40,000 jeeps and trucks, 14,000 airplanes but there are many photos of USSR troops with Shermans and non-360 degree turret anti-tank armor, ah-hah, says 7000 tanks from USA and 5000 from UK.
NATO pay their fair share? It is about invading Russia and always has been.
Breaking from Rupert Holmes:
Him (1979)