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Waldemar's avatar

Who wants the risks of buying american defence stuff with that leadership changing their minds every hour…

Buy european is a safer alternative!

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Butch Heilig's avatar

I can't blame them for balking on the F-35 as long as Trump is alive (let's hope that's a short term prospect). It's an amazing aircraft system, but there are alternatives. Sad that Trump is set on destroying a nearly 80-year old alliance, and souring the Portugal-US relationship in the process.

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Jeronimous's avatar

More power to them. Trump may not live long enough for the "find out" phase of the FAFO cycle, but then again he appears to be the living paradigm of "mala hierba nunca muere" (Spanish weeds never die).

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Howard Lathrop's avatar

Regardless of ever evolving geopolitical consideration, it is always better to buy locally whether blueberries or jet fighters.

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Richard Wexler's avatar

This has become a meme for the opposition here in the United States. They didn't quite get it right, (wrongly saying the order was canceled when it hadn't actually been placed), but they got the general idea right: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DvQfXEeGK/?mibextid=oFDknk

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