Posted on 02/11/2024 11:44:59 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
And so it begins. Nine months still to go before the next US presidential election and already the Republican party favourite and former President Donald Trump is sending eyebrows and blood pressure skywards in Nato capitals with his provocative statements.
And yet they will delight many of his supporters.
Suggesting at a rally in South Carolina that he would "encourage" aggressors (for example Russia) "to do whatever the hell they want" with Nato countries that fail to pay their dues has prompted an immediate condemnation from the White House. A spokesman called the comment "appalling and unhinged", saying it was "encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes".
Nato Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has also responded forcefully, saying: "Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the US, and puts American and European soldiers at increased risk."
Did Trump mean what he said? Probably not. This is typical Trump fare. Say something provocative, grab some headlines, outrage your critics and thrill your fans.
Yet ironically, there is a grudging gratitude in some quarters of Nato for Mr Trump's threats when he was in the White House. Back in 2018, President Trump was so angered by the failure of several European nations to fulfil their agreed quota of spending 2% of GDP on defence that he threatened to pull the US out of the alliance altogether.
Military chiefs throughout Nato were aghast. If a US president ever went through with such a threat, abandoning Europe to fend for itself, it would so severely undermine the alliance that it would cease to exist in its present form.
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Anyone else and he wouldn’t get nominated for dog catcher with rhetoric like this.
Did you know what the agreement he signed was about? It was a tripwire, for Britain to defend another nation, which they couldn’t possibly do. Without the US supplying them with arms, they keep their Empire ways to themselves, or pass into history.
Eff NATO!
Eff the twats pushing for more $$$$ to the Ukraine.
Bad juju is continuing to back a corrupt dictator like Zelensky. No elections, no free press, etc. out of that dancing clown. But his heifer goes on shopping sprees and they buy villas. Screw them. They need to begging for the corn out of our poops, instead he’s making millions.
NATO don’t live up to their commitments. Why should Americans pay for the defense of Europe? Majority of Euroweenies pushing climate crap, not building their military. Then the same pushovers cry no oil. So let the Suez Canal shut down. Let them sit in the frozen dark eating bugs.
I want OUR BORDER SHUTDOWN. If the invasion we are suffering doesn’t warrant money or military, then the Euroweenies sure as hell don’t deserve a dime.
Right now, we can’t get enough working M249s to do proper field ops. Dipshit in command left equipment in Afghanistan and sent the rest to be put n the black market after the Ukraine and he gets his cut.
BBC is full of crap. Let the Brits get a working Navy again before the cast shade on Trump.
Why do they want our boys and girls defending their border. I do not see them anywhere at Eagle Pass helping us out.
I can guess why they want Americans to defend them, by just taking a look:
NATO is a joke. Everyone knows it. Europe has no backbone at all.
Only the military-industrial complex gives a damn about NATO.
LOL. on point.
Here's a free clue. No American cares a whit about that kleptocracy. We just don't care. Go fight for those evil bastards all you want. They'll take anyone as recruits. What is stopping you?
EXACTLY!!
And the results...almost all NATO nations upped their ante in the NATO pocketbook!!
So, let me get this straight: Trump’s verbal statements are a THREAT to the world. But, having NATO countries not contribution this promised share or funding is NOT a threat?
Hmnnnnn.....
NATO thinks we should keep our word - and they should laugh at us for being so gullible. We're sick of them - let the deadbeat nations defend themselves - and we'll work with the honorable nations who play fair. Eff the rest of 'em.
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