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EU council chief's riposte to Trump: Respect the allies you have
Reuters ^ | July 10, 2018 6:33 AM | Robin Emmott

Posted on 07/10/2018 8:16:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai

European Council President Donald Tusk told U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday to stop berating NATO allies over military investment levels ahead of what is expected to be a fraught alliance summit. […]

“Dear America, appreciate your allies, after all you don’t have that many,” Tusk, a former Polish prime minister, said after a signing statement on more cooperation between the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

As European Council president, Tusk serves as the chairman when EU leaders meet at summits.

Even while in the air, Trump kept up the attack. He said in a Twitter post that a trade deficit with the European Union “makes it impossible for our farmers and workers and companies to do business in Europe … and then they want us to happily defend them through NATO, and nicely pay for it. Just doesn’t work!” …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: deepstate; donaldtusk; europe; europeanunion; eussr; evilempire; nato; poland; socialmarketeconomy; tds; trump; tusk
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To: KyCats

I don’t know, I think the UN would probably win that one. But the EU is the same kind of bully organization.


101 posted on 07/11/2018 3:34:32 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (You can pick your causes, but not the consequences.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

and trump should reply :

YES you should respect your ally the USA as much as you seem to want to be respected.

Being asked to pay their own bills for their defense is not exactly being disrespectful, and then commenting on the excuses which begin to flow ...


102 posted on 07/11/2018 3:34:48 AM PDT by elbook
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To: Olog-hai
The EU is like a bunch of teenagers living in the USA's basement being told they need to get a job.

EU Ankle biters are pathetic.

103 posted on 07/11/2018 3:48:41 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Olog-hai

When they act like allies, we will.


104 posted on 07/11/2018 3:51:42 AM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention.)
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To: central_va

If any EU countries had knowledge of or participated in Spygate, I’d say they’ve graduated from ankle-biter to enemy.


105 posted on 07/11/2018 3:51:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Olog-hai

Respect is earned.


106 posted on 07/11/2018 3:55:25 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Olog-hai

I think we’re at the point where the President views our allies for the most part as liabilities rather than assets.


107 posted on 07/11/2018 3:57:19 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: mewzilla
If any EU countries had knowledge of or participated in Spygate, I’d say they’ve graduated from ankle-biter to enemy.

If that were to be proven true, and it rings true to me, then the USA should immediately pull out of NATO and raise tariffs on imports form the EU to extremely high level.

108 posted on 07/11/2018 4:01:34 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Olog-hai

President Trump is over there to kick butt and take names. I expect to see him throw a few of the deck chairs overboard at some point. Sooner than later.


109 posted on 07/11/2018 4:15:46 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Arm_Bears
We note that Mr. Tusk’s remarks were not in German.

Can you image what would happen if someone asked President Trump about Tusk's remarks and Trump simply said " I notice he didn't speak in German"!

I'll bet we could hear the outcry from across the ocean.

110 posted on 07/11/2018 5:26:04 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Olog-hai

Trump should Tweet back to Tusk: That goes both ways and I always show as much respect as I am given.


111 posted on 07/11/2018 5:49:47 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Balding_Eagle

That would be a freaking AWESOME reply and is exactly the one he should make.

It would piss the Yurps off something fierce - Because it’s so obviously true.


112 posted on 07/11/2018 5:51:26 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Olog-hai

That knife cuts both ways, Tuski


113 posted on 07/11/2018 6:24:21 AM PDT by RatRipper (Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
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To: Olog-hai

“If you want us to be your allies you must keep giving us US dollars.”

So they can have a 35 hour work week, take two month vacations and put a few million more Jihadis on welfare.


114 posted on 07/11/2018 7:55:51 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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To: Olog-hai

If they want respect they should give respect. They’ve been playing US for suckers since Lend-Lease.


115 posted on 07/11/2018 8:15:28 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

“The Naked Communist”, the book with the list of 45 commie goals for the USA, has quite a bit to say on the subject of Lend-lease.


116 posted on 07/11/2018 10:05:12 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
Respect our allies....

From yesterday....

Iranian Plan to 'Airlift $350 Million' From Germany to Tehran Sparks U.S. Anger

With allies like this, who the HELL needs enemies?!

117 posted on 07/11/2018 10:08:47 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Olog-hai
This damn cunt thinks he will get another cookie from Merkel for saying this nonsense. Dude would sell his own mother for 2 EUR.
118 posted on 07/11/2018 11:03:30 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: Olog-hai

“That’s what the Eurocrats want most. They’ve always wanted the USA to be gone so they could build their own war machine back again, and guess who would lead it.”

Exacty.


119 posted on 07/11/2018 11:04:46 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: familyop

I can’t help the headline that al-Reuters chooses to publish. They want to go on the record being utterly dishonest (which is their forte anyhow), they will do so.

We ought not have to stayed out of WWII for as long as we did. We only got into it when Hitler declared war on us. Churchill admonished us that what happened there was utterly preventable and the malingerers allowed it to happen.


120 posted on 07/11/2018 10:03:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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