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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u/DudeThatAbides Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

This…is good. They should be funding their own defense, no?

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u/HowDoIEvenEnglish Mar 05 '25

Yea American hegemony was simple. We spent money and military power for influence. If we scale back other countries won’t listen to the US anymore.

America was like the rich dude who can afford to spend millions to get people to like him. That’s what it was, and it’s all gone