Russia hasn’t been able to conquer Ukraine in three years primarily due to US support. Now that US support is falling away, Europe can only compensate for a minor portion of it. One important part that Europe can’t replace anytime soon is military intelligence, including satellite reconnaissance, but also advanced air defense systems and fighter jets. It would or will take many years for Europe to be able to provide anywhere near the previous level of US support.
So you believe Trump when he said that the US has given more support than Europe? He was corrected several times but continues saying it, and I see several comments about it here as well. I agree about satellite reconnaissance and such systems though. Several countries wants to give fighter jets, and Sweden wanted to give Gripens but someone convinced them to pause those plans.
I was talking about technological, military, and intelligence capabilities, not about financing. Regarding support budgets, it does appear to me that Trump is misrepresenting things, see for example this tracker: https://www.ifw-kiel.de/publications/news/ukraine-support-af...
I nevertheless agree that Europe needs to invest more both in their capabilities and in Ukraine support.
However, I don’t know how useful it is to compare it like that 1:1. The problem with Trump is that apparently he doesn’t believe that the US has strong (or even any) interests in containing Russia’s imperialist drive and geopolitical gains, and to the contrary is needlessly giving up a lot of bargaining power to Russia.
Russia has zero interest in stopping the war, except to their own conditions, which includes installing a Russia-friendly government in Kiev (what they call “denazification”). They have expressed that many times.
