Trump Diverts Tens of Millions in Military Aid From Europe, Middle East to Latin America
🎖️ PENTAGON — US allies absorbing Iran war costs just lost their military assistance budget. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Stripping aid from Middle Eastern partners mid-conflict is the operational risk — Gulf states coordinating with CENTCOM on Houthi interception and Hormuz alternatives now face a quiet signal of US unreliability. European allies already managing NATO bandwidth and energy shocks read this as Washington deprioritizing them precisely when exposure peaks. The Latin American pivot rewards ideological alignment over strategic necessity.
