Europe Gets Serious About Defense Thanks to Trump’s Retreat

Europe faces ‘nightmare scenario’ on Ukraine, as diplomat says countries must pay for defense ‘every day until Trump is dead’

After years of slacking off on defense spending, Europe now needs to rearm massively "until Trump is dead," a European diplomat was quoted as telling Politico.

EU Proposes €150BN Defense Loan As US Commitment Wavers Under Trump

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EU Proposes €150 Billion in New Loans for European Defense

The European Union will propose extending €150 billion ($158 billion) in loans to boost defense spending as the bloc tries to adjust to US President Donald Trump’s abrupt pullback of American security on the continent.

Europe Gets Serious About Defense Thanks to Trump’s Retreat

The U.S. president has unified Europe like few since Charlemagne. Now comes the hard part.

In the period from the beginning of 2025 to today, the actions of the main US and European defense giants have shown diverging trends. While US stocks (Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman) registered a weak or uncertain start in 2025, their European counterparts (BAE Systems, Leonardo and Thales) posted strong increases, reaching new highs in many cases. Stock performance in 2025: USA vs. Europe The American defense giants had a subdued…

Europe Urging Defense Rearmament Loans For Member States

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Brussels on March 4 that the proposed loans were part of a new initiative called ReArm Europe.