And if they don't? Then what?
The concept of an "alliance" is foreign to Trump. To him it's all dollars and cents. It's a deal that he has to be the winner of. If Estonia can't pay for U.S. troops to come help them then screw 'em. If Japan won't pay more for our assistance then we won't be there if they need us. We love Israel but unless they start paying more for us to defend them then...
If Donald Trump had been president in 1940 the British would have gone down to defeat because he would never have agreed to Lend/Lease and we would never have liberated France in 1944 unless De Gaulle came up with the cash first.
The concept of an alliance where the US picks up most of the tab is foreign to Cruz. Great nations and empires decline because they spend themselves into oblivion. The Soviet Union collapsed because of its spending on defense. The UK declined as it cut its security forces to pay for an expanded welfare state as has all the countries in Europe.
The US has been providing the security umbrella for the Free World at great cost in terms of treasure and blood. We are the world's biggest debtor nation.
The US will have to make some very difficult decisions as the welfare state threatens to consume the entire federal budget. Two-thirds of the federal budget is spent on entitlement programs, other mandatories, and debt servicing costs. These costs will continue to increase as we are an aging society. In 1950 there there were 16 workers for every retiree; today, it is about 3; and by 203 there will be just two workers for every retiree. By 2030 one in five will be 65 or older, twice what it is today.
Dollars and cents drive policy. If the US goes bankrupt, there will be no one else to pick up the torch. At least the UK knew that the US would carry on after its empire declined.
Good try. It's all $ & ¢ to Trump, that's why he is picking up the tab for his Presidential campaign and why he is taking a $1 salary as President because nothing is more important than the old Yankee$. Pull the other one why don't cha?
Trump's charity is understated and runs deep. But it doesn't extend to freeloaders. America abandoned Poland already, one of the big 0's first acts of treason to our allies.
Our next President aims to make good treaties, in American interest and stand by them. He has made his support for Israel plain and our other allies will not be abandoned at his hands. The tail does not wag the dog and in NATO and the UN we are drawing the sled and being abused for the privilege. That situation needs to change. Its just another of the BIG lies the liberals have forced the doers to live under. The Truth makes you free.
The concept of an “alliance” is foreign to Trump>>>>>>>>>>
Really? He became a billionaire through establishing alliances. You seem to have a vary shallow connection to the way the world works.
And you think you can redefine lend / lease history hypothetically , based on what? Ego?
Trump will be one of the greatest presidents the USA has ever had, and The People know it.
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