No one doubts that President Donald Trump is a fan of the U.S. defense industry. “We have the greatest missiles in the world,” he recently told reporters , “We have the greatest submarines in the world. We have the greatest army tanks in the world. We have the greatest weapons in the world.” He’s even ordered up a military parade to show off American weaponry on his 79th birthday in Washington, D.C.

But Trump’s love for U.S. weapons, and for foreign arms sales , is increasingly putting some of his other policy goals at risk.

In Europe, the administration is pursuing a contradictory policy: demanding that European states spend and do more for their own defense—while simultaneously insisting that those funds are spent on U.S. armaments. This is already provoking a backlash from Euro

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