To: Les H who wrote (47950 ) 9/24/2025 7:23:10 AM From: Les H Read Replies (2) | Respond to There's no incentive for the Nobel Peace Prize candidate to make peace overtures and every reason to use threats and bribes to keep Ukraine continuing to throw men into the trenches. A ceasefire only allows continued stockpiling of weapons purchases.Trump administration policy shift: Under President Trump, the U.S. ceased providing direct, funded military aid to Ukraine. Instead, a new strategy was implemented where European allies purchase American-made weapons and transfer them to Kyiv, with coordination from NATO.10% markup: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged in August 2025 that the U.S. was selling arms to Europeans, who were then selling them to Ukraine with a 10% markup. Bessent suggested this markup could cover the cost of potential American air cover for Ukraine.Financial windfall for U.S. industry: The new arrangement provides a financial boost for American arms producers. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported in December 2024 that U.S. defense companies dominated the global market in 2023, partly due to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.European funding: European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, have financed multiple packages of U.S. military equipment and munitions for Ukraine. This has led to billions of dollars worth of equipment being purchased from the U.S..Replenishing stocks: The new system also involves European allies transferring their own stocks of weapons to Ukraine and then buying American replacements to replenish their supplies. This also provides a benefit to the U.S. defense industry.
