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Re:Germany commits €100B to defense spending by croes on Sunday February 27, 2022 @07:27AM (#30487738)
Sure, Trumps statements had nothing to do with selling US weapons and LPG.

Didn't see Trump cutting the US oil imports from russia.

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Re:Germany commits €100B to defense spending by ejb999 on Sunday February 27, 2022 @07:46AM (#30487894)
He didn't need to - the US became energy independent in 2019 and 2020 and became a net exporter, not importer, for the first time in decades.
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Re:Germany commits €100B to defense spending by croes on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:57AM (#30489544)
That's even worse, they don't need to buy but still do it https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=M...

Germany and the EU don't have much of choice especially after Trump killed the Iran deal.

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