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Denmark To Up Military Spending After Trump Call
Reuters ^ | Nov 16, 2016

Posted on 11/16/2016 11:04:57 PM PST by Helicondelta

Denmark is ready to increase military and national security spending, Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Wednesday after a phone conversation with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump criticised NATO allies during campaigning for the White House, saying they did not pay enough for their own defence and suggested the United States was paying a disproportionate amount.

Denmark spends about 1.2 percent of GDP on defence. NATO has set its members a target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defence.

"The government is setting the stage for increasing spending on military and national security," Rasmussen said in a statement after the phone call.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.mobile.reuters.com ...


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KEYWORDS: denmark; nato; trumpwasright; trumpwinsagain
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To: Helicondelta

GO TRUMP!


21 posted on 11/17/2016 4:01:50 AM PST by fivecatsandadog (GO TRUMP! Drain the swamp!)
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To: fivecatsandadog

22 posted on 11/17/2016 4:06:06 AM PST by traumer
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To: spokeshave
"And the Prime Minister of Japan is on his way to NY to MEET TRUMP"

All of these foreign leaders want to see Trump's penthouse
and be photographed with Trump and Melania there.
The Donald has them eating out of his hands like parakeets!

23 posted on 11/17/2016 4:28:00 AM PST by StormEye
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To: Helicondelta

The best thing about forcing these Euro democratic socialist welfare states into paying more for their own defense is that they will then have a tighter budget and be LESS inclined to welcome so many Muslim “refugees” into their countries. I’d kind of like to retain as much of Western Civilization as possible.


24 posted on 11/17/2016 4:47:27 AM PST by mtrott
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
"Interesting comparison to Obama, who won a Nobel Prize just for being black and existing."

And a year from now if negotiations with Russia stabilize Ukraine and Syria do you think President Trump will get any consideration? Nyet, they will give it to Putin just like they did in the 80s when they gave it to Gorbachev over Reagan...
25 posted on 11/17/2016 4:47:39 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Kick ass !


26 posted on 11/17/2016 4:50:00 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: Helicondelta

Notice that the article never specifies a number. Just the intent.


27 posted on 11/17/2016 4:50:13 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: mewzilla

Related...

Trump praises Danes in phone chat with PM

http://www.thelocal.dk/20161117/trump-praises-danes-in-phone-chat-with-pm


28 posted on 11/17/2016 4:55:05 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

I think even Reagan once mentioned “you can accomplish a lot if you don’t care who gets the credit”.


29 posted on 11/17/2016 5:17:26 AM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: Gator113

I admit it too...I’m a gloater.

To quote Gen. Patton, “Americans love a winner!”


30 posted on 11/17/2016 5:50:08 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Sea levels are rising- from liberal tears.)
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To: Helicondelta; LucyT

Denmark ?

They have not paid their 2% since 1991.

Donald has a case for retroactive pay for USA re-embursement.

See the chart here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Defence


31 posted on 11/17/2016 5:53:18 AM PST by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: traumer
"Charlie Sheen had solidified a definition for the term that goes something like this: winning (v.): "participating in an ostensibly drug-induced, highly public flameout, during which one loses an incredibly lucrative job and, subsequently, the respect of the American people." Or more, succinctly: winning (v.): losing."

Ok, traumer. Given the above explanation of Charlie Sheen's "winning", please explain how your post of Charlie Sheen "winning" is relevant to Trump. Or, more succinctly, ARE YOU A TROLL?

32 posted on 11/17/2016 6:16:04 AM PST by fivecatsandadog (GO TRUMP! Drain the swamp!)
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To: Helicondelta

Denmark has serious muzzie refugee/illegal alien problems. They have no-go Sharia cities. Their people are sick of it. They are losing their social identity, which has been strong there. If they want to actually get on Trump’s good side re NATO spending, great. (They did not join EU, btw, and still use their Kroner for money.)


33 posted on 11/17/2016 8:51:20 AM PST by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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