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Classic FAFO.

The main reason for this development is that he showed everyone that the US cannot be trusted anymore.

If only he asked them nicely. Instead of literally everything he’s done this year.

Trump saying Europe is weak means he thinks they’re not racist and xenophobic enough.

That was clear from the context. The “strength” he wants to see is fascists thugs in charge, doing whatever Putin wants.

Yes, I just find it endlessly ironic that fascists are weak and awful at war because they are narrowly obsessed with the violence and the aesthetics of strength and don't actually care about learning anything about how to be strong or integrating newly learned information into sustained training. People assume fascists will be good at war because it is what they are obsessed with it but this is like assuming that somebody who is a massive fan of a sports team is automatically good at that sport, just because someone dresses up in the clothes professionals wear and spouts knowledge about the profession doesn't make them into a professional in that realm (I am looking at you specifically Pete Hegseth when I spit on the ground).

Fascism is weakness, both morally and physically. Fascism will eat a military from the inside out and waste vast amounts of resources and human lives on utterly useless military strategies if those strategies fit the ideals of fascism, consequences and reality be damned fascists don't care.

Russia still outproduces all of NATO in artillery shells, tanks, etc. And most European countries only have enough stocks to survive an Ukraine style war on their own for a few months without help (if they can fight as efficiently as Ukraine which is not a given). That's why unity and further ramp up is so important. Most of the really impressive production is happening inside Ukraine. But it's also generally not up to Russian rates. It will be some time before Europe is really prepared to go it alone and that's only if they really start producing now, which I wouldn't say is really happening yet.

Unfortunately at least on the english speaking internet the overall quality of resources for this has plummeted. To be frank, I think a lot of this has to do with the necessary dumbing down that has been applied to the media over conversations about war ever since 9/11 sent authoritarianism in the US into overdrive and reduced justifications for military strikes into cartoonish cynical jokes, this process has reached an absolute peak in utterly denying the Palestinian Genocide and pretending it is a war and as a result discussion in english speaking media about ALL wars and conflicts right now has been reduced to baby like parroting of whatever the military and politicians say with no journalistic critique of the narrative being presented from a perspective of known established realities about war. "tanks are obsolete!" "helicopters are obsolete!!" "artillery is obsolete!" ..... it is honestly exhausting.

That coupled with enshittification makes this a very difficult time to find good information even as in many ways paradoxically there has never been better access to information.

That rant aside, this article is a good place to start

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/04/28/european-drone-training-sites-mushroom-in-nod-to-ukraine-war-tactics/

In general I would pay attention to defense news websites and also note the general structure of joint european military exercises, they typically display the cohesive intention behind what can feel like meaningless unrelated details of arms procurement.

In a way I think the best way to put a picture together for yourself is to think of an abstracted idea of an armored brigade combat team with supporting drone, air and naval assets.

Armored Battalion (×2)

    Headquarters and Headquarters Company
    Tank Company (×2)
    Mechanized Infantry Company

Mechanized Infantry Battalion (×1)

    Headquarters and Headquarters Company
    Tank Company
    Mechanized Infantry Company (×2)

Cavalry Squadron (×1)

    Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
    Tank Troop (×2)
    Cavalry Troop (x2)

Field artillery (fires) battalion

    Headquarters and headquarters battery
        Target acquisition platoon
    M109 155 mm self propelled howitzer battery (×2)

Brigade engineer battalion

    Headquarters and headquarters company
    Combat engineer company
    Engineer support company
    Signal company
    Military intelligence company

Brigade Support Battalion

    Headquarters and Headquarters Company
    Distribution Company
    Field Maintenance Company
    Medical Company
        Headquarters Platoon
        Treatment Platoon
        Medical Evacuation Platoon
    Forward Support Company (Cavalry)
    Forward Support Company (Combined Arms) (×3)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_combat_team

Consider all the primary equipment needed for a wholistic "unit" of an equivalent fighting force along with drones, aircraft and navy if applicable. Don't forget bridgelayers and logistics! In general, considering the largest militaries in Europe such as the German military then ask the basic question what is the state of that countries equipment for those major roles? What is the state of Germany's Infantry Fighting Vehicle and Main Battle Tanks?

That is relatively easy to google and get good information on, it is easy to establish for example that the Lynx and Leopards are extremely advanced fighting vehicles that have undergone many series of modernizations. You can compare this to the UK whose Ajax IFV vehicles are so broken that they vibrate too violently for the soldiers inside to not be injured by it. From this perspective of evaluating the state of equipment programs things are much more accessible.

Poland and Germany are two easy to point to European nations that have massively increased the power of their military. Poland alone with its orders of K2 and Abrams tanks, piles and piles of AH-64 helicopters and plenty of ground based missile and tube artillery now represents an extremely intimidating military power. I suppose it might not all be deployable tomorrow, but the longterm trajectory is definitely not a slow, limping subdued reaction. Both HIMARS type rocket artillery and traditional cannon artillery are crucial types of equipment to consider as well and Europe has thoroughly rearmed itself with both and will continue to do so into the indefinite future I imagine.

Lastly consider fighter aircraft programs as they are a strategic asset, here is easiest you can find lots of news about the increase of fighter aircraft production and modernization in European militaries. The fact that Canada would even consider purchasing European fighter aircraft instead of US equivalents even as it is neighbors of the US, yes even given the political situation right now, says a lot in itself. I also think the ability of France to donate Mirage 2000-5F aircraft to Ukraine reveals a depth and breadth to Europe's sophisticated fighter-bomber aircraft stock demonstrating a serious increase in strength. Military airlift is the other big aviation asset (especially considering the future dominant role of Rapid Dragon type systems) that people always overlook and there again Europe is in a stronger position than ever with the Airbus A400M.

And USA is still doing sanctions on russion oil.

Europe is keeping quiet. Talking back doesn't work. Flattering doesn't work. As long as support is still flowing they let him rant and work on alternatives for USA products and services.