| JRPGfan said: The real reason is because the US wants Europe to buy more military crap we likely wont use, from the US. All those $$$ go into the pockets of the US. Trump goes to europe, begs europe to buy more millitary hardware from them. Then to force the issue, america will probably start a few wars in the middle east or something :p
Also Canada seems to be one of the worse offenders. I bet the US is sooooo angry with them... right? |
Canada gets away with this because of a lot of things like trade deals, partnerships, and how ironically, almost always, everything costs significantly more here than it does in the states. Even when a product is made in Canada, a lot of the time it gets shipped to the states, then shipped back to Canada, and we pay a lot more for that same product than the states does.
Aside from that, the states really can't do much about our military spending. If we decided to invest even less and be practically defenseless, the states would have no choice but to cover our weakness. If someone ever invaded and took over Canada, they would be on the states doorstep. Odds are that would lead to the states going to war with whoever that was, and taking over what was Canada though so.
Canada gets protection, states gets security and good deals. Both win in the end. Europe is a different situation.
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