Read the thread and Trump.
Trump said to wapo that :
Trump said that U.S. involvement in NATO may need to be significantly diminished in the coming years, breaking with nearly seven decades of consensus in Washington. We certainly cant afford to do this anymore, Trump said, adding later, NATO is costing us a fortune, and yes, were protecting Europe with NATO, but were spending a lot of money.
By attacking Rand, Marco, Ted, Nato, Scott W, Carly and on and on, Trump is not going to have any support left.
Trump even attacked Jeb, after Jeb is out of the race. And Carson, who damned Trump with faint praise.
I get trashed by Trump people on this thread, when I will support Trump over Hillary, even through I want Cruz on the ticket.
Amazing.
I have no problem with that statement. Trump is laying down a much needed marker. US Ambassadors in NATO countries have been relaying the message for decades that we want more burden sharing from our NATO partners. Not only has it been largely ignored, the other members continue to reduce their defense expenditures. We can't continue under these conditions supporting an alliance where the other members are unwilling to pay their fair share. The US is in dire financial trouble.