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Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target, Europe told
Financial Times ^
| 12/20/2024
| Lucy Fisher in London, Henry Foy in Brussels and Felicia Schwartz in Washington
Posted on 12/20/2024 9:21:50 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus
IIRC it’s 2% now. It seems that 5% is a big jump. Maybe settle for 3.5%...or even 3%.
To: Gay State Conservative
To: marcusmaximus
Some in NATO also want to return to Cold War military budgets, Poland is close to 5%.
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posted on
12/20/2024 9:24:46 AM PST
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Gay State Conservative
IIRC it’s 2% now. It seems that 5% is a big jump. Maybe settle for 3.5%...or even 3%. It used to be that only the UK spent even 2% (of the NATO countries). And the UK has very little military capability.
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posted on
12/20/2024 9:28:44 AM PST
by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: Gay State Conservative
It’s five percent or we pull out of NATO,
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posted on
12/20/2024 9:31:44 AM PST
by
Kazan
To: marcusmaximus
Off to a bad start.
NATO must cease to exist. It outlived its usefulness after the Warsaw Pact dissolved.
Hate to say it, but it looks like we're still in for a foreign policy of endless wars.
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posted on
12/20/2024 9:32:14 AM PST
by
Salman
(In Hell it is a punishable offense not to call it Heaven.)
To: Kazan
Donald Trump’s team has told European officials that the incoming US president will demand Nato member states increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, but plans to continue supplying military aid to Ukraine.
To: Kazan
Trump now intends to maintain US military supplies to Kyiv after his inauguration
To: marcusmaximus
this guy is the jack hammer of freedom
To: marcusmaximus
I’d rather see this kind of leveraged approach than to just yank everything and see what happens. FAFO isn’t always the best approach. But getting the EU countries to step up is essential and he’s the only one who will do it.
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posted on
12/20/2024 9:35:28 AM PST
by
bigbob
(Yes. We ARE going back!)
To: marcusmaximus
Why would Ukraine need military aid after Trump takes office. He’s going to end the war on Inauguration Day, right? Or the day after.
To: Salman
Leveraging to keep the cost to American taxpayers down are they willing to do that it would devastate their welfare states.
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posted on
12/20/2024 9:37:10 AM PST
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
To: bigbob
Putin’s unhinged nuke threats and missile duel nonsense didn’t intimidate President Trump.
To: marcusmaximus
How much do we spend? I have no idea.
To: Gay State Conservative
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posted on
12/20/2024 9:38:43 AM PST
by
ealgeone
To: Kathy in OC
To: Kazan
They’ll agree to five but won’t honor it.
To: Kazan
To: marcusmaximus
“according to three other people briefed on the discussions with western officials.”
More unnamed sources.
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posted on
12/20/2024 9:42:34 AM PST
by
McGruff
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