comes against the backdrop of the refusal of British and European defense companies to purchase American equipment. This is due to fears that President Donald Trump has turned the USA into an unreliable partner.
This was just one of the many articles. You can do a quick search and the theme is decouple from the USA.
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This is due to being unable to meet the artillery demands of the Ukraine war.
NATO has been badly out produced by Russia — and drained its collective stockpiles to dangerous levels.
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Articles pretending that this was invented in a few months due to Trump are silly — and commit a fallacy so common it has a name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
https://ukranews.com/en/news/1077392-bae-systems-preparing-t...
This was just one of the many articles. You can do a quick search and the theme is decouple from the USA.
Starting in 2022, when they decided to start doing the work?
Doubtful.
More likely, copycat lazy journalism.