PoliticsWar Trump’s European Protection Plan: Ukraine and the EU can not proceed the combat in opposition to Russia with out American weapons. Friday, January 17, 2025

British economist Timothy Ash famous that with out US assist, Ukraine and Europe can finance the combat in opposition to Russia for months, however not for a yr or extra, given their dependence on American weapon provides. “The battle prices Ukraine $100B a yr, however it takes $150B a yr to place Ukraine on its toes,” Ash believes. In response to the skilled, Europe ought to abandon its safety of $330B in immobilized Russian property and switch them to Ukraine. “Trump might not wish to write checks for Ukraine’s protection, but when Europe and Ukraine are prepared to spend lots of of billions of {dollars} within the US on protection, then Trump will be unable to show down the prospect of saving lots of of hundreds, maybe thousands and thousands, of jobs. Ash advises the allies to make Trump a proposal for a long-term arms procurement program, calling it the Trump Plan for European Protection to play to his ego.