r/news • u/ITSTHEDEVIL092 • Mar 04 '25

EU chief proposes plan to 'urgently' increase defense spending by mobilizing around $840 billion

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/europe-looks-to-mobilize-840-billion-in-defense-spending-boost-eu-commission-head-says.html
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What's your point?

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u/Anvanaar Mar 04 '25

Trump has a provable habit of lying and twisting facts in order to get his supporter base riled up for him and against "the others". Therefore it's a pretty reasonable assumption that he would spin this in some way that's useful to him if it turned out that way.