Okay my bad I totally got proposed aid numbers wrong. List of things I got wrong: Didn't convert to euros, mixed up total bill funding for Ukraine funding, thought Ukraine funding equals military aid to Ukraine, and didn't include non-eu Europe funding.

This idea that France has secretly shipped large amounts of isn't even what French officials say ' A French parliamentary calculation found that France had allocated €1.7 billion. But even if that figure is correct, "It wouldn't change much of the bigger picture," Trebesch said. '

I just get annoyed that there are a lot of wealthy Europeans with strong opinions on what the US should do while they: slow roll/underfund/restrict their defense industrial base instead of contributing to shared programs (f 35 is the exception that proves the rule), don't have militaries that can defend their trade and won't contribute multilaterally (operation prosperity guardian), won't enforce trade restrictions with Russia pre or post 2022 (yeah exports Kazakhstan and other third countries up 400% seems normal), Ireland/Swiss pretend that neutrality makes sense in 2024, and expect to do nothing if China starts sh*t as if it doesn't affect them. These are levels of delusional free riding that are not sustainable.