European and Canadian officials have started eyeing alternatives to expensive U.S. weaponry, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, as they rethink the strategic decision of tying their defense to U.S.-made systems.
In less than two months, President Donald Trump has upended decades of U.S. foreign policy - at the same time, Pete Hegseth, Trump's defense secretary, last month told a gathering of European defense ministers “that stark strategic realities” prevent the U.S. from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.
