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.