Posted on 01/14/2024 3:40:15 PM PST by JonPreston
According to a recent POLITICO news report, during the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, then US President Donald Trump told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in a private meeting, the following: “you need to understand that if Europe is under attack we will never come to help you and to support you, and by the way NATO is dead, and we will leave, we will quit NATO.” Trump said so according to Europe’s Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was also there, with von der Leyen and former European Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan. Breton is quoted as adding: “it was the president of the United States of America — he may come back. That was a big wakeup call … So now more than ever, we know that we are on our own, of course.” The context of such a story is Thierry Breton pitching vast investments for the European defense industry – after all, he reasons, the clock is ticking and, referring to Trump, “the potential candidates remind us that we must take care of EU’s defense by ourselves.”
Breton, who is also responsible for the European Union’s defense industry, wants to increase the European Defense Investment Program (EDIP) to €3 billion – €1,5 billion have already been earmarked. Such is expected to be proposed alongside the European Defense Industry Strategy (EDIS). In the long-term, however, Breton aims for a huge €100B defense fund.
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What a novel concept.
Europe hates Trump more than Hamas hates the Jews.
There it is. Do the UN next.
Hitler’s reinvasion of russia
Usa funded - supplied
Gog usa
Magog nato
Rev 13
That may be. But nobody hates Trump more than the U.S. military-industrial complex. That's why they're willing to do anything to stop Trump this time around.
And they have nothing to do except hold planning conferences in fabulous venues around Europe.
It's a great gig and so long as you don't question your role in the NWO you are set for life.
People are just not up to speed.
What exactly does Europe have that anyone else needs? Or even wants?
Is Hamas going to invade Greece? That might be an instance where there is someone who has less than Europe does.
Any time an organization adds the people to its group that they created themselves to show solidarity against is not long for this world. It’s like cutting through the limb you’re standing on closer to the trunk.
wy69
Should have ended NATO after the fall of the USSR.
I agree. This is fake news. When/where did this meeting take place? I haven’t heard of any meeting.
Trump is right. It’s not 1945 anymore. Europe is more than wealthy enough to take care of its own defense. Let them stand or fall on their own. Their choice.
You’re clearly objective and totally unbiased.
Just look at your tagline…
Is Russia in the room with you right now?
Why not dispute the context, rather than all the name calling.
Oh yeah !
WW3 will be kicked off, or anything else necessary, to prevent Trump 2.
Can a president unilaterally withdraw from a ratified treaty?
The idea was called the Peace Dividend and Bush $41 killed the idea pronto.
Dump the u.n. too and boot them to zimbabwe.
“What exactly does Europe have that anyone else needs?”
They had beautiful (albeit old) buildings, history, and culture.
Then they started mass immigration of a hate culture.
So, guess you’re correct.
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