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> Moreover, the premise of Hegseth is a lie. The EU has spent more on Ukraine aid than the US Nope. In military aid his claim is correct, you can see it from y

> Moreover, the premise of Hegseth is a lie. The EU has spent more on Ukraine aid than the US Nope. In military aid his claim is correct, you can see it from your own source you linked: https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/ https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-s... Only if you include refugee aid then the EU amount exceeds the US, but that has no bearing on the outcome of the war (this is where most of the EU funding goes to). What matters to win a war is military aid, and the EU has provided a fraction of what the US has given so far.

mopsi 2y ago
I'd say he's trying to pick a fight by saying such inflammatory things. The Kiel Institute divides aid into three categories: military, financial, humanitarian. By the end of 2024, Europe and the US had delivered roughly the same amount of military aid, and Europe had committed to a lot more in the future: US Europe Delivered 64 62 Committed 66 100 Total 130 162 Deliveries of military aid from both sides closely followed the same growth line throughout 2024. In some months, the US was ahead in total delivered military aid; in others, Europe was. See Figure 1 at https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/Subject_Dossiers_Topics/Ukraine/Ukraine_Support_Tracker/3rd_Aniv_Report.pdf https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/Subject_Do... The second largest category was financial aid, which is also vital for the war effort, because much of it has been provided for rebuilding destroyed infrastructure and ensuring resilience against further attacks: US Europe Delivered 47 57 Committed 50 131 Total 97 188 Humanitarian aid was fairly insignificant compared to other categories: US Europe Delivered 3 16 Committed 13 13 Total 16 29 All figures in Euros, rounded to the nearest billion.

mopsi 2y ago

I'd say he's trying to pick a fight by saying such inflammatory things. The Kiel Institute divides aid into three categories: military, financial, humanitarian. By the end of 2024, Europe and the US had delivered roughly the same amount of military aid, and Europe had committed to a lot more in the future: US Europe Delivered 64 62 Committed 66 100 Total 130 162 Deliveries of military aid from both sides closely followed the same growth line throughout 2024. In some months, the US was ahead in total delivered military aid; in others, Europe was. See Figure 1 at https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/Subject_Dossiers_Topics/Ukraine/Ukraine_Support_Tracker/3rd_Aniv_Report.pdf https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/Subject_Do... The second largest category was financial aid, which is also vital for the war effort, because much of it has been provided for rebuilding destroyed infrastructure and ensuring resilience against further attacks: US Europe Delivered 47 57 Committed 50 131 Total 97 188 Humanitarian aid was fairly insignificant compared to other categories: US Europe Delivered 3 16 Committed 13 13 Total 16 29 All figures in Euros, rounded to the nearest billion.