The Pentagon notified Congress it plans to redirect roughly $750 million from the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL)—a NATO-backed program funding U.S.-made weapons for Kyiv—to replenish American stockpiles instead, the Washington Post reported.

Officials said the move reflects shortages of key air defense systems like Patriot and THAAD after heavy use in the Middle East, meaning future Ukraine packages may be thinner on critical interceptors. It remains unclear whether European allies understood their contributions could be used this way.

The shift comes as President Donald Trump spent the day publicly attacking NATO, calling it a “paper tiger” and claiming on Truth Social that NATO allies have done “ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP WITH… IRAN.”

He said the U.S. would “remember” which countries did not step up, casting NATO as failing Washington rather than the other way around.

 R_P wrote:


“I’ve seen the poodeling, but I really hope the American people will be no poodles."

I know that in the end, we all are.

Here's to the marijuana capitol of the world!
Spare me the garlic though, cause I seem to get pimples from the mouth-wash.
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Rutte also tried to frame the war as a necessity and called on Americans to back President Trump, saying: “I’ve seen the polling, but I really hope the American people will be with him, because he’s doing this to make the whole world safe.”

trying to shame our NATO allies into submitting to a military op (warship escorts thru Hormuz) that cannot succeed, gives encouragement to Iran to stay the course, confirming that their strategy of dragging the war out, keeping the Straits closed, and the price of oil high, is working.

This also is a dangerous signal to our allies, no doubt making the question, seriously, whether the leader of the West's biggest military & economic power, is in full control of his mental faculties.

That's not an insulting stmt, its a sobering, legitimate question.

He might get a few brownie points if he helps to destroy NATO ðŸ˜

 Red_Dragon wrote:
A right-wing prime minister who led multiple coalition cabinets and who excels at US rim jobs. The NATO appointment is his reward.

In 2019, the Trump administration successfully lobbied the Dutch government to block shipments of ASML’s EUV systems to China. During the Biden administration, the export bans were expanded to include older machines.

"Lobbied". More likely threatened or bribed.

 R_P wrote:

How on earth did they find this asshole in The Netherlands?

You don't say. Or why the US will never leave NATO.

 R_P wrote:

What a goddamed idiot. He should be calling for NATO to eject the US from the alliance.

If only