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Det fungerar inte så. Det tar flera år innan beslut om ökade försvarsbudgetar och investeringar i att ta fram ny militär teknik etc faktiskt ger tydliga utslag i höjd miltär output och stärkta militära muskler ute "på marken" (i verklig strategisk kapacitet). Om USA under den tiden spelar poker med sin roll som ledande partner inom NATO som insats, så skadar det förtroendet för USA i Europa - ett förtroendekapital som redan har tagit en hel del törnar.
Stephen Miran, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers är den person Trump lyssnar på. "The Mar-A-Lago Accord" Där går att läsa detta:
With respect to other nations, if the Trump Administration merges national security and trade policy explicitly, it may provide some incentives against retaliation. For instance, it could declare that it views joint defense obligations and the American defense umbrella as less binding or reliable for nations which implement retaliatory tariffs.
Additionally, it’s not clear whether one should view the failure of this deterrent as a bad outcome. Suppose the U.S. levels tariffs on NATO partners and threatens to weaken its NATO joint defense obligations if it is hit with retaliatory tariffs. If Europe retaliates but dramatically boosts its own defense expenditures and capabilities, alleviating the United States’ burden for global security and threatening less overextension of our capabilities, it will have accomplished several goals.
Europe taking a greater role in its own defense allows the U.S. to concentrate more on China, which is a far greater economic and national security threat to America than Russia is, while generating revenue
With respect to other nations, if the Trump Administration merges national security and trade policy explicitly, it may provide some incentives against retaliation. For instance, it could declare that it views joint defense obligations and the American defense umbrella as less binding or reliable for nations which implement retaliatory tariffs.
Additionally, it’s not clear whether one should view the failure of this deterrent as a bad outcome. Suppose the U.S. levels tariffs on NATO partners and threatens to weaken its NATO joint defense obligations if it is hit with retaliatory tariffs. If Europe retaliates but dramatically boosts its own defense expenditures and capabilities, alleviating the United States’ burden for global security and threatening less overextension of our capabilities, it will have accomplished several goals.
Europe taking a greater role in its own defense allows the U.S. to concentrate more on China, which is a far greater economic and national security threat to America than Russia is, while generating revenue
