Posted on 06/02/2017 5:35:32 AM PDT by luke1825
Look at it this way: At least President Donald Trump refrained from body slamming Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic at the NATO summit last week.
Dusko was lucky. Trump, obviously irritated at being surrounded by a bunch of European freeloaders and deadbeats, pushed the Montenegro leader aside when Dusko appeared to have stepped in front of Trump at a photo op.
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If NATO has turned into as corrupt a money laundering and redistribution to the already wealthy as the UN and EU have, why is it still there? At US taxpayer expense?
Clock is ticking away. Before end of 2017, base closures will be announced and most troops in Europe will probably start leaving by end of 2018, and final closure by summer of 2019. Maybe some UK bases stay around but I’d expect this to be a complete clearing.
The writer had to take full advantage of a Republican-bashing opportunity before making his point. Taxpayers are most certainly being abused & good on Pres. Trump for standing up for us.
If the NATO members don’t pay up I would close a couple of bases in Europe and watch how fast the 2% shows up.
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