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Trump Suggests Spain Be Expelled From NATO Over Low Defense Spending
AFP ^ | Oct 09, 2025

Posted on 10/09/2025 9:00:07 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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To: MinorityRepublican

Are any of them meeting their financial obligations?

It’s not just the PIIGS...


21 posted on 10/10/2025 8:06:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: Brilliant

Best idea: leave NATO.


22 posted on 10/10/2025 8:06:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: nathanbedford

Don’t we have some important bases in Spain?

As far as NATO goes, we should have pulled out 20 years ago. Its a cold war relic and Europe has been using us as their bitCh since then. We spend all the money and they get the benefits.


23 posted on 10/10/2025 9:07:46 AM PDT by packrat35 (โ€œWhen discourse ends, violence begins.โ€ โ€“ Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: rxh4n1
Yes, you are right. The text of Nato's Article 5 states:

"will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic areaโ€.

In other words, it means nothing. Trump can refrain from war if he want to. Unfortunately, it also means that our 'allies' will likely chicken out and do nothing if we are attacked.

24 posted on 10/10/2025 9:21:39 AM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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To: Toughluck_freeper

” Unfortunately, it also means that our ‘allies’ will likely chicken out and do nothing if we are attacked.”

Yep. I’ve been saying this since the war began and there was talk of NATO intervention.


25 posted on 10/11/2025 12:33:52 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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