I absolutely hope the EU ramps military spending and negates the need for US support. Sometimes, you need a catalyst, and clearly another nation should not be beholden to US defense agreements.

Decoupling globally continues.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/368528/us-military-army-n...

https://indi.ca/the-us-military-is-in-a-death-spiral/

https://www.rand.org/nsrd/projects/NDS-commission.html