Well they should. President Trump is telling Europe that we are no longer Uncle Sap with who give them carte blanche to our wallets
The Germans have their heads up their butts, as usual. I was studying in (West) Germany in 1986. When Reagan planned to move missiles into Europe to counter the Soviet missiles aimed AT GERMANY, who did the Germans protest in the streets against? (Hint: it wasn’t the Russians,) Despite the Germans’ angst and contempt, Reagan’s hard line proved effective, and three years later, the Wall came down and the Germans were planning their reunification.
Now today the Germans are so eager to comply with Putin’s plan to blackmail them with gas and oil supplies that they even have a former Chancellor on the Russian payroll. Putin is in no better position than the Soviets when it comes to competing with determined NATO defense spending, but when Trump warns about Putin’s threat and calls for shoring up NATO spending, who do the Germans criticize? (Hint: it ain’t the Russians.)
Well they should....Worth repeating...