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No translation needed. She said Europe needs to be able to defend itself and that means they need to pay for their own defense instead of having the US indirectly subsidize Europe’s social welfare states.

For decades freepers and other conservatives have called for Europe to increase military budgets and pay for their own defense. We cheered when Trump called them out. But some here are no longer interested in European NATO members paying their own way. The new talking point is that NATO are the bad guys. WE are the bad guys. There is a strong correlation among these folks with the QAnon/Pro Russia crowd.

A Common European Army is a great thing for the USA, as it allows Europe to take care of their own back yard. Had they funded it over the past 30 years, we wouldn't be where we are now.