Would love to have been a fly on the wall for this!
Posted on 07/11/2018 1:44:10 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
“Germany is totally controlled by Russia … They will be getting between 60 and 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline, and you tell me if that is appropriate because I think its not,” Trump said.
The U.S. president was speaking at a press conference in front of NATO representatives ahead of a two-day summit.
The Trump administration’s policies indicate it views security and trade as intimately linked. And when it comes to the trade balance, no ally will be spared.
Speaking in Brussels, Belgium on the first leg of his European trip, the U.S. president said a flurry of oil and gas deals had given Moscow far too much influence over the continent’s largest economy.
In particular, he singled out the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project as being especially "inappropriate."
“I think it is a very bad thing for NATO and I don’t think it should have happened and I think we have to talk to Germany about it. On top of that, Germany is just paying a little bit over 1 percent (on defense) … And I think that is inappropriate also,” he added. 'An attack on Germany and Russia'
Trump has long criticized Berlin and other NATO allies for “freeriding” on Washington’s defense capabilities. Currently only five of NATO’s 29 member states actually allocate the 2 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) to military spending that they are formally committed to as part of the alliance. Those five are the U.S., the U.K., Greece, Estonia and Poland.
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Zero/Nada/Zilch/нуль!
This is how Trump began his remarks at NATO:
“Good morning, everybody. Good morning to the media — the legitimate media and the fake-news media. Good morning to them.”
LOLOLOL
Trump totally controls Russia, Trump totally controls Germany.
Iranian Plan to 'Airlift $350 Million' From Germany to Tehran Sparks U.S. Anger
Love our President Trump!!!
Throwin’ heat! Speaking truth to our ‘allies’.
Go Donald.... Well stated
The US has always carried NATO’s water. I spent nearly 10 years of my over 20 years service in Germany. I saw all the many thousands of US military personnel, equipment, facilities, family quarters, ect., ect., ect. Even the West Germans did not have the troops. Not Germany, the UK, France, any of them. It was 95% us and all the rest had the 5%. I rarely saw forces from the other nations. The USA was the only dog in the hunt. The others were sitting on their butts under the trees.
Would love to have been a fly on the wall for this!
Trump is a true rebel..lol. SOOOOOOO glad he’s our President...we really need to get out and vote in November to help him and us.
[Germany and Russia are buds]
Fits in with Ezekiel 38 and Germany being Gomer (Dr. Ed Hindson agrees). Add in Iran and you’ve got major components of Ezekiel 38.
Keep an eye on Libya. They’re mentioned too.
Even Greece keeps their payments up whilst Germany gives their money to third world immigrants
It’s the video where Trump educates that globalist stooge Stoltenberg...
What a great video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqjJvveODKM&t=1s
Twice in the 20th century is enough. In the 21st century let them take care of themselves. They made their own bed, let them sleep in it.
Thanks for posting this!:
“. . . including Russia low balling the costs to make the deal . . .
So they make less profit or sell at cost, Germany still gets cheaper gas and oil and drives market prices lower so everyone else benefits from lower prices as well.
As for Ukraine, let Nuland take care of Ukraine out of her share of the Hillary/Obama billions they stole. When they can’t siphon off gas to make a buck and claim it’s Russia short changing Europe the country will finally shatter into the three or four pieces it’s been destined to break apart into ever since it became independent.
They didn’t establish a Federal system but instead vested all power in Kiev so, now they reap what they sowed.
Ya’ know, it’s a funny damn thing that the Free Traitors are all for trade with China, which is still absolutely Communist, and all of East Asia because, “trade will open them up and gradually make them more democratic and Westernized”, but they damn sure don’t apply that same rule to Russia. Well, unless they have a crowd of Harvard thieves and their hand picked Russian criminal oligarchs under their thumb to pick the choice bits for themselves. Odd that China doesn’t let them rape China and that’s all good but when Russia stopped the thieves they became “evil” all of a sudden.
Talk about no level playing field. In real terms, China spends more on their military than Russia does but, meh, no biggie, just keep shipping jobs to China and sanctioning Russia because that’s how, “free trade makes countries more democratic” works.
The US has thirty years of stupid crap to recover from and Trump seems to be the only one that sees the whole damn web of lies for the contradictory mess that it really is.
I would say we have 50+ years of stupid crap to recover from.
How much of that stupid crap has flowed out and down from Harvard/Yale and UC Berkeley posing as our national security/survival.
Pres. Duda really wants Poland to take the place of Germany in military cooperation in Europe.
Germany is so full of eastern people now they have little choice but to continue to support the way the International geo politics is playing out. Erdogan has got Germany hog tied regarding refugees as well.
Poland wants us there, and most of Central Europe. The average Brit wants us there, but May’s government not so much.
Western Europe could care less. The Nords are coming around. They’ve had it with Muslims.
As long as we’re willing to deal with their tariffs, our free money, and the fact they’ve thrown in with the Russians, they’ll continue to abuse the relationship.
And Turkey is right there in Ezekiel 38, too. Fits quite well.
“You’re right in principle, though, but then again you can go back to Woodrow Wilson and shed a couple of Amendments along with the Federal Reserve but that’s a long slow process. The past thirty, though, we may be able to manage as a good start. Doing so would wake people up or shape them up and we could have a chance at the rest.”
You are correct, in that we should only bite off what we can safely chew and digest re the history of Progressives controlling our country and us!
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