“Programmed” seems like a foolishly reductive (not to mention arrogant) way of describing other countries’ politicians and political decisions, given the hot war happening on EU’s doorstep.
Only if you include refugee aid then the EU amount exceeds the US, but that has no bearing on the outcome of the war (this is where most of the EU funding goes to). What matters to win a war is military aid, and the EU has provided a fraction of what the US has given so far.
I'd say he's trying to pick a fight by saying such inflammatory things.
The Kiel Institute divides aid into three categories: military, financial, humanitarian. By the end of 2024, Europe and the US had delivered roughly the same amount of military aid, and Europe had committed to a lot more in the future:
US Europe
Delivered 64 62
Committed 66 100
Total 130 162
Deliveries of military aid from both sides closely followed the same growth line throughout 2024. In some months, the US was ahead in total delivered military aid; in others, Europe was. See Figure 1 at https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/Subject_Do...
The second largest category was financial aid, which is also vital for the war effort, because much of it has been provided for rebuilding destroyed infrastructure and ensuring resilience against further attacks:
US Europe
Delivered 47 57
Committed 50 131
Total 97 188
Humanitarian aid was fairly insignificant compared to other categories:
US Europe
Delivered 3 16
Committed 13 13
Total 16 29
All figures in Euros, rounded to the nearest billion.
