No it’s a financing and procurement AND development program.

Security Action for Europe (SAFE) is a new EU financial instrument to be financed by EU borrowing.

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/eu-borrower-investor-relations/safe_en

Also both the will and the ability of USA is questioned now.

They are. But there is not much the EU can do for Japan.

I don’t think you really understand how irrelevant USA is becoming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory

Maybe. I think the US has embraced the information age and has decided to be unpredictable.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/_ERAVB31Cao

BeeRose about the Trump visit. Trump is as stupid as Bush was Texan.

That Micron is also doing it shows nothing.

Micron is a US company. Even if Japan wants to support the EU, it’s up to Micron to decide on their trading partners.

The US looks silly, but their grip is tight.

They wouldn’t let Trump trample over all relations if they weren’t in control.