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Here is a source: https://www.publico.pt/2025/03/13/politica/entrevista/nuno-melo-afasta-compra-f35-eua-causa-trump-mundo-ja-mudou-2125727
(Actually, this is the original interview where the statement appears)
@alexlunaview Calling this a cancellation sounds like an exaggeration.
As far as I can tell they had been considering buying. But the minister of defense seems to say that that's off the table, given the circumstances.
@6d03 @alexlunaview He didn't really take it off the table, only stated that with recent geopolitical developments and situation in the US maling them unreliable partners they have to carefully consider what plane should replace F-16 (if I understood the article correctly, that is).
The post is clickbait at best, fake news at worst. Mastodon and fedi were supposed to be better, not biased the other way. But humans be humans, not reading carefully, not checking sources. *sigh*
@ponda @6d03 @alexlunaview
Didn’t take long for ’fake news’ to come out, right?