These uneducated fools won’t understand this but this is why Trump acting tough is so stupid.
There is an old adage “the customer is always right”. Canada, Mexico, Europe and the rest of the world are customers of the US. They can go elsewhere for products and services and that is bad for US businesses. But let’s just focus on the US defence industry. You learn this back in high school accounting (business studies). There are Fixed Costs (research and development costs for example) and Variable Costs (the direct cost to make each unit). In pricing, the Fixed Costs have to be spread over the number of units sold. So, the more units you sell, the more the Fixed Costs are spread = the lower the per unit selling price is. So, if the US finds more international clients to but their military equipment, the lower the US military pays for it’s own equipment = they can buy more. But now, other countries are reconsidering buying US weapons and looking to other suppliers of building in house. Which means, the US military will either have to pay a lot more for the same number of planned purchases or will have to buy less equipment (a weaker US military) for the same budget. It would also mean lots of layoffs for the US defence industry.
Germany's impending acquisition of 35 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets has sparked concerns that the United States could
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