There is a reason why the Trump administration is pushing for NATO to be less reliant on US funds and it is because they want to exit NATO, likely because they know we can’t keep production up in the near term to meet defense needs.

I think this is a deeply inaccurate analysis. NATO is a transnational nuclear military that has functioning logistics networks, trained command structure and soldiers, and masses of material deployed all the way across Europe. Napoleon and Hitler spent so much blood and treasure to have a tiny fraction of the positioning that NATO has. The US will NEVER give up NATO.

The reason the Trump administration is pushing for NATO to be less reliant on US funds is because they want Europe to develop their own military AND transfer some of their treasury to the USA through weapons deals.

I wouldn’t be shocked to see a “Starwars” like project out of this administration, just like Reagan.

I would, because I don’t see the current situation like a USA vs USSR situation. I see this situation a lot closer to Germany vs USSR right now.