Posted on 02/11/2024 5:26:44 PM PST by RandFan
Donald Trump's suggestion the US would not protect Nato allies failing to spend enough on defence "undermines all of our security", the Western military alliance's chief has said.
Jens Stoltenberg also suggested it put US and European troops at greater risk.
The Republican said he had told allies he would "encourage" Russia to attack any Nato member that failed to meet the alliance's target of 2% of their GDP.
Members of Nato commit to defend any nation in the bloc that gets attacked.
President Joe Biden called Mr Trump's comments "appalling and dangerous", suggesting his predecessor intended to give Russian President Vladimir Putin "a green light for more war and violence".
Addressing crowds during a rally in South Carolina on Saturday, Mr Trump said he had made his comments about Russia during a previous meeting of leaders of Nato countries.
The former president recalled that the leader of a "big country" had presented a hypothetical situation in which he was not meeting his financial obligations within Nato and had come under attack from Moscow.
He said the leader had asked if the US would come to his country's aid in that scenario, which prompted him to issue a rebuke.
"I said: 'You didn't pay? You're delinquent?'... 'No I would not protect you, in fact I would encourage them to do whatever they want. You gotta pay.'"
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Trump is 100% right. His comments also do a great service in bringing out the Pearl clutcher on FR.
I agree with Trump regarding welfare queen Europe paying for its own defense.
I only wish he applied those same principles to welfare queen Israel.
NATO chief looking for his payday..So sick of these clowns..PAY UP OR STFU
Spend the 2% AND MAKE UP YOUR OTHER YEARS!
Hey, if they’re offended...we can just leave.
Or, alternatively, they can eat that sh!t and like it.
DJT and Tucker are opening up a two-front war on NATOs hollow army.
The more they yap the more it makes people know that Trump is who they will vote for.
Honestly, these people have no awareness of how much people detest and mistrust them.
Concur; Senile was on the ropes throughout the weekend and all Trump had to do was stick to the script. Instead, what Trump has done is to enable the biased media to divert attention from the total crooked, wizened flop that Biden is. First, he inartfully said that Russia should invade nonpaying NATO members - he should have said that unless the NATO member states pay their 2 percent the US cant’ and won’t defend them. Second, he got into it over Haley and its a total waste of energy (Haley has no chance) and mentioning her husband makes him look bad. Third, he put in a long twitter about Taylor Swift - who really cares about her or what she thinks? This is far too important an election for him to run his mouth aimlessly - we cannot lose this country to the communists and that is exactly what will happen if he doesn’t focus on the issues that are important.
Tough titty.
I am starting to think NATO is a money laundering behemoth that undermines the principles under which we are supposedly self-governed.
Just ignore the fact that you don’t spend $ hit on your own defense
Good points, but the bigger picture both now and soon override Trump’s picadillos. At least that’s my gut feeling.
Trump is 100% right. His comments also do a great service in bringing out the Pearl clutcher on FR.
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AMEN!!!
High Time to cut off this gravy train and force the NATO countries to fend for themselves.
We need the money to stay here at home to secure our borders and myriad national crises.
—> Sadly it’s, again, in the wrong direction.
Only one thing is crucial now for Trump.
Win the primary and secure the nomination.
To do that he dominates media.
And it works.
What is controversial is news and dominates.
He said that in 2017
And being a cheapskate welfare leach on U.S. taxpayer generosity doesn’t undermine everyone’s security?
GFY, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.
The last thing we need at this point is a push from the LEFT to get Biden out of office.
You want Biden’s retardation to come out in a big way around mid-September. And by that I mean a highly publicized episode of him sharting his pants or yelling racial epithets at a press event.
Trump undermines the picking of America’s pockets
Do any of us know what the EU is cooking up? They have nukes, and that monster in the oven ain’t good. They want America gone, just like the millions of Muslims raping their children and killing then in their own streets. Complain about it, and YOU go to jail. There is a perverse symbiosis going on between the Left and the Jihad; they both hate the Judea-Christian canon, and the wonder of our civilization. Get ready to walk through the storm.
This press conference with Butler, Ohio County Sheriff Rick Jones is a million times more important than the Super Bowl. Everybody needs to watch, download, share, and make sure you are prepared.
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