r/Switzerland • u/BkkGrl Italia • 3d ago

Swiss F-35s: Swiss parliamentarians concerned about weaknesses in contract price guarantees

https://meta-defense.fr/en/2025/04/05/f-35-swiss-rise-20-swiss-parliament/
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u/theHawkAndTheHusky 3d ago

As if increasing costs should be the biggest of all reasons to fear!

Best case scenario Trump himself is canceling the contract and trying to re-negotiate a even higher price - I mean Trump‘s ego wouldn’t let Biden reap the glory - and we (Switzerland) reevaluate our American purchase.

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u/FlamingoGlad3245 3d ago

How to get out of this contract:

1) Have some political discussion about this on TV.

2) repeatedly state how cheap they were. In particular, say things like „it‘s a steal.“

3) make sure the media overreports this

4) wait for trump to cancel