France

France is proposing a broader European nuclear deterrent as American commitment to NATO faces political uncertainty. This is the strategic reckoning Europe chose to defer for thirty years, and the bill is now due.

Macron is pledging France's nuclear umbrella to European allies. That's overdue self-reliance, not leadership, decades of American guarantees enabled Europeans to disarm while lecturing Washington on militarism.

France's Macron vowed to expand the French nuclear arsenal, acknowledging what American taxpayers have known for decades: deterrence costs money, and Europe has long avoided paying its share of the bill.