They didn't try particularly hard as it was in the US' interests to keep Europe dependant on US arms/support. It gave them a huge amount of soft power and a huge market for US systems.
Trump is a pillock who doesn't think very far ahead. NATO spending more money on what will now be predominantly European weapons is not good for the US.
Posted By: CWC, Jun 25, 21:27:50
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