PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – But they should – Growing concerns about the US relationship with NATO allies have spurred European officials to biweekly meetings about replacing US defense goods. But those intense discussions have highlighted that it wouldn’t be easy, fast or cheap.
Trump has insisted that European members of NATO must do more if the Alliance is to remain a US priority. Some allies have responded with fear and loathing as they try to interpret his intentions and next steps.
MEANWHILE – Even without its own nukes, Germany can co-finance European nuclear deterrence. With Trump’s turn away from Europe and NATO, the credibility of the U.S. nuclear promise has taken center stage.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
HOMELAND SECURITY
Mexico’s security chief quietly forms an elite force to take on the drug cartels. Six years ago Mexico’s president disbanded the country’s Federal Police and handed security responsibilities to the military. Now, his successor has quietly begun to build a civilian investigative and special operations force to fight the drug cartels.
POLITICS
TRUMP WAR STORIES – Trump’s pick to lead Joint Chiefs denies MAGA hat story in hearing. Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine sought to reassure lawmakers that he would avoid political interference and was qualified for the job despite his non-traditional resume.
Just days since Trump signed an unprecedented ‘national security’ executive order aimed at stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective-bargaining rights, both the White House and federal employee unions are already trading lawsuits over it.
Trump taps hypersonics expert to oversee Pentagon’s science and technology portfolio.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
US POWER OVERSEAS
UNLIKELY – How NORAD could be hurt by US-Canada tensions. If Trump’s tariffs and threats shatter the US-Canadian defense partnership, the Pentagon would lose some ability to track incoming enemy threats.
CHINA THREAT
TO FACE CHINA – Philippines cleared to buy twenty US F-16s at estimated cost of $5.6 billion.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form.’
Finland pledges defense spending boost to 3 percent GDP by 2029.
IRAN THREAT/ISRAEL WARS
B-2 Spirits amassed on Diego Garcia underscore hardened aircraft shelter debate. The unprecedented stealth bomber deployment comes amid growing US threats to the regime in Tehran, as well as stepped-up strikes on their Houthi proxies in Yemen.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
Putting the screws on the North Korea-Russia partnership. Thanks to the Russia-Ukraine war, cooperation has grown between the two rogue states. North Korea has provided large-scale military assistance to Russia, including equipment and troops. This has led to an economic recovery in North Korea.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US MILITARY
The Army is cutting hours’ worth of training that were previously mandatory for soldiers, including the basics of combat medicine and a primer on the laws of war. By making the courses optional, commanders are allowed to choose the training their troops are likely to need.
Marines launch new team focused on first-person view (FPV) drones that have dominated Ukraine war.
New Air Force ‘Doomsday’ wing boosts nuclear command and control. The 95th Wing combines command and control units from the Active-Duty Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve under one roof.
END of PDB
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They’ve been getting far more from us than we get from them. Let them face Putin on their own for a while and see how they like paying.
Europe has been jealously anti american for a loooong time.
As a retired SFC, I have retired to a lovely place in hills of Western Washington over 150 miles from a military base. For years we have used a small pharmacy, close to us for our short tern drugs. We still us Express Scrips for long term drug use. The local pharmacy informed us they could no longer serve us as the composition from Tri-Care For Life was the lowest compositing insurance that they had to use to allow us to us their service.
Question: Why is Tri Care For Life the lowest compositing program for pharmacies in the industry? This seems like a poor care for those who put their lives on the line for this nation. Why are we treated worse than an undocumented person who broke the law to get into this country?