The United States has suspended deliveries of certain weapons to Ukraine and cut off one of the direct communication channels with German generals coordinating aid for Kyiv, said Inspector General of the German Army Christian Freuding…

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    If anyone think USA will stop weapons supplies to Ukraine paid by Europe, that is very unlikely, because those weapons are sold at a 10% premium to Europe to give to Ukraine. And it would be political suicide for Trump to stop that deal, as it has zero negative effect for USA, and it yields huge profits both to American weapons industry, and the 10% surcharge goes directly to the federal budget. So everybody in congress is very happy with this arrangement, and most of congress actually wants to help Ukraine.
    So ending this arrangement would be very risky for the Trump administration.