Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, among the most hawkish Republicans on national defense, suggested European nations in the alliance needed to do more to sustain their own defenses against Russian incursions.
“NATO countries that don’t spend enough on defense, like Germany, are already encouraging Russian aggression and President Trump is simply ringing the warning bell,” Mr. Cotton said in an interview. “Strength, not weakness, deters aggression. Russia invaded Ukraine twice under Barack Obama and Joe Biden, but not under Donald Trump.”
More fake news from the fake news generator.
Pass the stinkin’ Senate border bill or I’ll turn even more scumbag invaders loose on you.
Whatever is necessary to make skinflint Europeans pay their fair share is fine with me.
Here in the USA, Congress would throw you in prison for not paying what it thinks is your fair share.
“while Trump was president nobody invaded anybody.”
Why should Lindsey complain?
All Trump is saying in essence is that the European countries have to spend more of their own money to buy products from Lindsey’s Military Industrial Complex buddies.
Nothing burger, Trump is correct again.
In reality, if he even if he left the Russian part out....the media would have said something similar....you can bet on it.
Another idiotic remark. The entire news media - even THE NEW YORK TIMES - was burying Biden for his babbling Thursday presser and the contents of the Hur report.
Trump however, can’t keep his mouth shut and hands the media another shiny object.
It’s disgraceful that he isn’t beating Biden by double digits. Jimmy Carter level approval ratings for Biden and Trump is basically tied with him. It’s gonna be a long campaign...
I read the transcript. It actually starts with President Trump talking about getting ukraine, israel to accept loans rather than just assistance money. His idea was that if they ever turn on us, that we can then ask for the loan back. That led him into discussing getting deadbeat nato nations to pay their promised shares of nato funding.
Should we fund an auto accident, if we’re a car insurance company, and a car owner hasn’t paid their bill in a while? I kind of doubt it.
Should we spend blood and treasure defending a nato deadbeat that refuses to participate in defending itself? Trump said, in his sarcastic way, not really.
Shaggie and The Ugly Duck.
I flipped over to MSNBC this morning just to see what garbage those morons were spewing today, and the whole Morning Joe crew was saying Trump wants all of our NATO allies to be attacked by Russia. I started lmao.
Trump is right. We are not the milch cow of the WORLD. OUR FUNDING THEIR DEFENSE IS OUR FUNDING THEIR SOCIALISM
Having spent 10 years of my military career stationed in West Germany, I have seen West Germany get away with the USA covering their asses for decades!! Back when we used to go to the massive training, live fire base in Germany called Grafenwöhr, there were thousands of American, Brits and French troops out there banging away. You saw less than 250 German troops. I saw few West German military bases as compared with the massive US troops all over the darn country. Yeah, we covered the entire European continent with troops, covering every country from the East-West borders dividing the West from the Soviet bloc. All of them got over like fat rats. We covered; they did not pay a dime. Oh, and we paid to rebuild Europe after the war. WE the US citizens, not them.
Geez. Liberals are so stupid it’s funny.
Trump was at a rally. It’s practically a joke. A tongue in cheek way of making a point.
Get a grip libtards.
After Donald J. Trump suggested he had threatened to encourage Russia to attack “delinquent” NATO allies,.
The money came pouring in.
He’s right NATO thinks the U.S. should use it weapons and men and women to protect them free BS.
Security has to be paid for we pay for it here police taxes fire dept. taxes..........................................
Some will get it, some won't. Trump definitely got Europe's and Russia's attention for it.