Posted on 03/10/2019 7:52:14 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
In private discussions with his aides, President Trump has devised an eye-popping formula to address one of his long-standing complaints: that allies hosting U.S. forces don’t pay Washington enough money.
Under the formula, countries would pay the full cost of stationing American troops on their territory, plus 50 percent more, said U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the idea, which could have allies contributing five times what they provide.
Trump calls the formula “cost plus 50,” and it has struck fear in the hearts of U.S. allies who view it as extortionate.
Rumors that the formula could become a global standard have especially rattled Germany, Japan and South Korea, which host thousands of forces, and U.S. officials have mentioned the demand to at least one country in a formal negotiation setting, said people familiar with the matter.
National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said the Trump administration “is committed to getting the best deal for the American people” but would not comment “on any ongoing deliberations regarding specific ideas.” Trump has long complained that U.S. and NATO allies freeload on U.S. military protection, but the cost-plus-50 formula has only gained traction in recent months, said current and former U.S. officials, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations.
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“Then buy some planes and tanks and stuff and defend your own country.
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They will learn the true cost of national security - in money and lives.
If France became a Muslim country - with nukes - would we really want to have our soldiers die for them? The whole NATO concept was based on Western democracies... Germans are making energy deals with the Russians... how does that fit?
It’s time to charge for out help... all these countries have ‘grown up’... and put their self interest ahead of ours. World War II ended a long time ago.
Some sites I have gone to let you read a partial news article with the bottom third or so blocked by a statement asking you to turn off your ad blocker. Occasionally I have turned off my blocker to read the rest of the article and presto, the whole page is covered with an ad that can’t be removed. Those people are terminally stupid. I don’t turn my blocker off anymore for those.
Yep, we are protecting up and coming muslim nations... France, Germany, GB and calling them allies. It’s a AOC world!
“I am not sure that we need huge military bases in other lands. We have an air force that can rapidly move troops and supplies in huge amounts any where necessary, .So , why not keep our troops home,, to spend at home and be safer at home?”
Exactly. I’ve been saying this for years and years!
This is a great move! Germany is disintegrating and some they will be fighting Muslims in their streets and we don’t want our troops being forced to bail them out. They elected satan so let them reap the consequences.
We have NO interest guarding these foreign places. I don’t need 40,000 US troops protecting Samsung. I can always buy an iPhone. Let the super wealthy South Koreans pay.
I see the deep state RINO Liz Cheney is up in arms about this. Why? Who exactly does she represent? Her constituents? Or the M.I. Complex?
Bingo. In the second and third world, it's called "haggling". Standard negotiating technique pretty much everywhere.
I sometimes doubt that “RUSSIA” is such a threat.
The Soviets are long gone.
Russia has about the same GDP as Mexico, but with more people.
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These can also help you get around paywalls. I regularly use Outline to defeat the paywall at the Wall Street Journal.
President Trump - mastering the process of wringing money out of stone-faced Socialists....
Yup. And those who take this at face value are fools.
You misunderstand. The Soviet union does not have to militarily invade Europe to take it over since it already has most of Europe at its mercy with Europe’s dependency on Russian natural gas.
Not a threat, a certainty.
Might as well stop calling them allies. They're clients and the U.S. military are mercenaries.
The gross domestic product of NATO nations in Europe is just about the same as the USA. They have the ability to pay for armed forces just the same as we. Their military expertise is an equal in conventional weapons and nuclear but they refuse to fund it. If American troops and arms are needed to defend them they must pay every damn cent of the cost plus a surcharge for the inconvenience of our boys being over there defending those that refuse to defend themselves.
Yes. And any American life should be paid by the client at 1M$ a pop. Injured soldiers paid similarly. Otherwise, eff the whole bunch of allies.
Tell the Europe and Korea and Japan to go pound sand and bring the troops home. Discharge 75% of them and use the rest to protect the Southern border. Imagine the financial savings.
My cousin serves near the DMZ, originally from Red Cloud. He was at Yokota a few times thru the years when he was there. That place will NOT be overrun by the enemy. He wont go into details but he emphatically said it. I think I know what he was saying..
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