is now preparing to do what Trump has wanted all along. They're preparing to purchase weapons from the United States, for continual direct transfer to Ukraine, to supplement the weapons that are being produced domestically in Ukraine and across Europe. The EU will also look to Britain 
, Norway 
, Canada 
, Australia 
and Japan 
to continue supporting Ukraine through fiscal means and weapons transfers (including possible weapons purchases from the U.S.).
should be taking a back seat and spending it's resources in the Pacific and the Middle East, for potential conflict with Iran 
and China 
. Trump has long been frustrated by the Europeans for shirking their NATO spending responsibilities and he's been angling to force them into a situation where they had to start paying back the United States for carrying an outsized percentage of Europe's defense burden. He wants vast sums of European money being spent in the United States to support the Ukrainian war effort. Many U.S. defense contractors have massively scaled up production of their weapon systems and ammunitions and Trump wants to harness the opportunity to sell to Europe, for Ukraine.
+ European Union + Britain + Norway + Canada + Australia + Japan to make an immediate combined purchase of at least $25 billion usd worth of weapons for Ukraine in 2025, with further orders in 2026.
Bloomberg is reporting that the military aid that Joe Biden "surged" to Ukraine at the end of his Presidency will run out in the summer months and that as expected, Donald Trump will not announce further aid to Ukraine through donation. The same sources are reporting that the U.S. will keep intelligence sharing and twrget acquisition in place, however, as it's vital to Ukraine's defensive effort.
The European Union
As I've been mentioning for months, this had been Trump's goal all along. He fundamentally believes that this is Europe's war and that USA
Personally, I support this idea. It would be better in my mind if the U.S. we're still contributing to the war effort, even at a reduced rate, but I'd consider the sale of U.S. weapons to the EU, Ukraine and the rest of the allied coalition to fend off the Russians, a win. Europe is still several years away from reaching manufacturing capacity to outpace Russia in many areas. Ukraine has also dramatically expanded its own defense production capacity, however, it won't be able to keep up to it's much larger neighbour. The United States, however, has enormous production capacity, across a wide range of weapon systems and Ukraine is already well versed in the use of many of them.
I'm calling on Ukraine
Europe looks to buy US weapons if Trump halts aid to Ukraine - Bloomberg
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I think that the US will welcome a continuation of the war now ($$$ for US). Putin the same (but on a reduced scale involving less cost). The economists and analysts I read foresee 'turning off the wartime economy' as something that could precipitate a collapse of the Russian economy. Additionally Putin faces the problem of how to sell the idea of victory to the Russians with large parts of the Russian* oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhia being occupied by Ukrainian forces.Bloomberg is reporting that the military aid that Joe Biden "surged" to Ukraine at the end of his Presidency will run out in the summer months and that as expected, Donald Trump will not announce further aid to Ukraine through donation. The same sources are reporting that the U.S. will keep intelligence sharing and twrget acquisition in place, however, as it's vital to Ukraine's defensive effort.
The European Union
As I've been mentioning for months, this had been Trump's goal all along. He fundamentally believes that this is Europe's war and that USA
Personally, I support this idea. It would be better in my mind if the U.S. we're still contributing to the war effort, even at a reduced rate, but I'd consider the sale of U.S. weapons to the EU, Ukraine and the rest of the allied coalition to fend off the Russians, a win. Europe is still several years away from reaching manufacturing capacity to outpace Russia in many areas. Ukraine has also dramatically expanded its own defense production capacity, however, it won't be able to keep up to it's much larger neighbour. The United States, however, has enormous production capacity, across a wide range of weapon systems and Ukraine is already well versed in the use of many of them.
I'm calling on Ukraine
Europe looks to buy US weapons if Trump halts aid to Ukraine - Bloomberg
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This will change everything.Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and the USA have lifted the restrictions on the range of weapons supplied to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced.
“There are no longer any range restrictions for weapons delivered to Ukraine — not by the British, not by the French, not by us. Not by the Americans either,” Merz said at the WDR European Forum. Ukraine can now also defend itself by, for example, attacking military positions in Russia.
“We call that in military jargon ‘long-range fire,’ meaning equipping Ukraine with weapons that can attack military targets in the hinterland.” This, he said, is the crucial difference between the military leadership of aggressor Russia and Ukraine: While the latter targets military objectives, Russia deliberately attacks civilians.
Defense on Russian territory
“A country that can only oppose an aggressor within its own territory is not sufficiently defending itself. And this defense of Ukraine is now also taking place against military infrastructure on Russian territory,” said the Chancellor.
This means that Ukraine can defend itself, “for example by attacking military positions in Russia.”
Germany will “do everything” to continue supporting Ukraine militarily, Merz announced. This is also why he recently traveled to Kyiv with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as part of a “coalition of the willing.”
Ukraine: Friedrich Merz kündigt Aufhebung der Beschränkungen für Waffenlieferungen an
Laut Bundeskanzler Merz haben Deutschland und seine Verbündeten die Beschränkungen für die Reichweite von Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine aufgehoben. Was das für künftige Lieferungen heißt, lässt er offen.www.spiegel.de
announced a new military aid package for Ukraine today. The package is valued at $447 million usd and consists of the following:
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announced the delivery of the last batch 24 F-16s for Ukraine. The final batch was delivered to Belgium 
today where they will be ferried to Ukraine by their own combat pilots.
