German weapons-maker Rheinmetall opened Europe’s largest munitions plant on Wednesday, a move hailed as boosting Western defences by NATO chief Mark Rutte.
German weapons-maker Rheinmetall opened Europe’s largest munitions plant on Wednesday, a move hailed as boosting Western defences by NATO chief Mark Rutte.
Why is mark rutte there, the same guy who wants eu to spend billions on usa defence industry instead of our own.
Because he is the NATO secretary. However I agree that it is shitty to bend under pressure by Trump and to support buying expensive US weaponry like that.
Because he is NATO secretary ?
Its ironic that he was there for the opening ceremony, given his past actions trying to divert funds from eu’s defence industry into the defence industry of usa. (And no he’s not a nato secretary, he’s a usa puppet as are most of eu leaders, unfortunately)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/davos-nato-chief-rutte-reaffirms-need-step-up-support-ukraine-2025-01-23/ (rutte saying eu countries should buy more usa weapons) https://www.npr.org/2025/08/05/g-s1-81084/europe-us-weapons-ukraine-russia-war (eu countries buying weapons from usa, instead of investing into their domestic defence industry, because rutte gave trump the idea that he can sell eu countries weapons needed for ukraine)