I’ve said it before and will do it again:

For what its worth, the US can have whatever deal they want - if they ensure that Russia pisses off from the entirety of Ukraine, compensates for the caused damages and Zelenskyy can go for a nice evening walk on the beaches of Crimea. And NATO membership.

…and there’s nothing wrong with that. We just all (!) need to understand the errors from the past in order to not repeat them. I would have liked him making a slightly more deliberate statement more.

Not doubting his general point. But it is a bit weird of Mr Gomart to pick the Rafale to prove it.

It is precisely what happened there (France leaving the Eurofighter Typhoon programme and doing their own model due to not being able to find a common compromise) that cripples European alternatives and enables American models to dominate our market.

Would we be able to agree on common standardised models, we could have far more for far less and it could be European.

He admires Putin for his approach to shamelessly robbing the wealth of his country into his own pockets and those of his disciples.

That’s the world Trump wants to live in. Floating above the law, riches flowing in without having to do something and commoners praising you as a strong leader. It’s the dream of a person that tries to outrun the sad truth that he is too weak to be successful when actual competition is around.

Russia is building up forces for a confrontation with NATOEurope

No one should keep thinking for one second that the US would honour the treaty.