Y'all also should consider that if Glocks and XD's were all made in the US with US made parts and labor, the cost would be significantly higher. That is just economics.
Except that Ruger proves that completely wrong.
As to design etc, the Springfield P9's were rebranded Tanfoglios, which meant you could by an FIE TZ-75 or pay more for the same pistol with SA's mark on it.
In any case, I don't mind SA or HS getting rich off the XD. Marketing saved it. Had SA not gotten involved, the HS2000 might have faded (or been about as obscure as the CZ-99, which I have).
In any case, I have mostly Euro designs not because of workmanship or because of cost but because there are just those designs I like best like the CZ-75.
I do drive a Jeep Cherokee (original), and am happy with buying American where ever and when ever I can. American workers build excellent goods (like Nissan, Toyota, Mercedes, etc, but then, none of those are union made).
In any case, Europe might have been making guns longer than us, the US is responsible for interchangability of firearms parts as well as serial production of firearms that Europe copied. As it stands, though, there is no genetic superiority that allows one nation to better design than another, merely an environment conducive to production.
Ash