Germany now agrees to pay it's 2% of GDP to NATO...Trump was right re: Dependence on Russia
They've been taking advantage of us for years paying less than 1% of GDP and complaining about too. Many other have been too. Germany now realizes the error of their ways and may be able to do little about it.
See the attached article...
Link: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2022/02/27/germany-finally-does-what-trump-suggestedyears-later-n2603853
Replies to: Germany now agrees to pay it's 2% of GDP to NATO...Trump was right re: Dependence on Russia
Trump warned them yrs ago @ their dependence on Russian energy as well.He always ends up being right
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You’re rewriting history.
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Here’s the video of Trump w/ Germany meeting in 2018. Begins at 2:18 mark
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Link: https://youtu.be/Vpwkdmwui3k
What it shows is, Trump conflating one issue and astride from that some other vague nit
that has zero to do with the subject at hand.
Several other presidents including W Bush complained about the disparity and imbalance in financing NATO defenses.
You didn’t watch the 2:18 mark- just read the YouTube title. What a Jidiot.
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You and your group here are always summarizing Trump's words telling us what he really meant
after he says something.
That's usually the first big sign he and you don't have a clue.
But it's nice of you to defend him and all his lies and crassness. Your judgement of character reflects who you are.
I doubt. If their so called Central right admin didn't do it, hard to believe this left admin will
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To be clear - no one pays anything to NATO
The Germans have pledged to increase their own military spending (Trump described this wrong all the time). And Trump was the THIRD President to talk about this.
And Germany is a ending weapons to Ukraine. Another reason Putin’s war was a complete disaster for Russia.
Actually, NATO members do, in fact, make direct payments to fund NATO.
The commitment to spend a percentage of GDP on defense has long been violated by Germany, which is obviously what CapeIrish is saying.
And, to pretend that other presidents talked about it like Trump did is a bit disingenuous, since you guys were crying in the streets about how much he talked about it ("He's trying to destroy NATO!! WAAAHHHH!!!")...and trying to paint him like he didn't know what he was talking about by being hyper-technical and criticizing him, while undermining the good he was trying to achieve.
Link: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm
Ned, we have an even better view of Trump's linkage with Putin now...given Trump's support for
Putin's invasion of Ukraine.. so, with Putin's own statements strongly against NATO...how do you make the case that Trump was endeavoring to "Strengthen" NATO, rather than spread discord?...
There's no way to spin this one around...Trump is, and always has been, Putin's tool...he (DJT) did his best to cause problems with the alliance...fortunately, NATO is coming together more strongly than Putin expected...another failure by Trump.
The 2% "Indirect Funding Issue" is less an issue than the countries' commitment to opposing Russian aggression...we're seeing that right now...and Germany, especially is demonstrating that with action.
Please provide a link for this. "I DJT support the invasion of Ukraine." Thanks in advance.
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Here's a link that literally millions of people interpreted as Trump supporting Putin's invasion..
Do you agree with Trump that Putin's attack on Ukraine was "Genius"?
Of course, when the blowback got too intense for Trump, he tried to walk it back on Saturday, but still had to say nice things (e.g. he's "smart") about Putin have it both ways.
You're welcome.
Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-praises-putins-genius-gop-fissures-grow-ukraine-crisis-rcna17259
So you lied. Thanks for confirming.
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You are pretty gullible...or intentionally misleading others. But, whatever.
Added thought: It occurred to me that you might give Uncle Joe more benefit of the doubt than Uncle Donald. After all, Uncle Donald doesn't have dementia, so he doesn't have a ready made excuse for what he says.
Not one psychiatrist (other than FOX's resident) has accused Joe Biden of 'dementia', yet thousands
of psychiatrists from all over the country have penned a letter attesting to their observational diagnosis that Trump has a "Malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder"...add to that, DJT's utterances of "We could maybe use "Bleach" to cure this thing (COVID)", or "How about using a nuclear bomb to stop a hurricane?"...and you get the picture of who really is in a "Sub-Normal" psychological state.
All Biden has is age...and a lot of experience that is paying off right now...Putin/Russia is staggering under sanctions that Biden warned about...too bad Vlad didn't listen to Joe...
Not one of your better "throws"...time to fire up that 60mph "heater" ;-).
btw...when you back such a monumental loser...you're going to lose...every time.
Link: https://www.france24.com/en/20200901-psychologist-backed-documentary-labels-trump-malignant-narcissist
There are minimal admin fees. But that’s not what he’s talking about.
The2% thing is not that.
Of course. Everyone here knew what Cape meant.
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we have a gigantic military base there…we should have closed it decades ago
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Trump blustered but Biden got it done 😉
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Possibly Kamala got it done with an under the table deal?
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Whatever it takes right?
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Got you through you prison.
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Idiot! Zelensky got this done.
And what pampered US athlete would do this? We have lost our balls in this country.
Link: https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/33388013/top-boxer-vasiliy-lomachenko-joins-terror-defense-battalion-ukraine
Not quite the whole picture, Cape...Germany is the 2nd largest provider of NATO operating funds and
troop deployments (see attached link), with the U.S. being #1...current events have spurred them to increase funding even more...imagine that.
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44717074
Yeah. Too bad about them current events.
Green New Deal War. Has an appropriate if unfortunate name, no?
"Green New Deal War"?...what is that supposed to mean?...how about the link and my other comments?
Is Germany not the #2 funding source for NATO's operating budget...and the #2 country for troop deployments, per that link? Way to deflect and shy away from any meaningful discussion about the posted topic...i.e. Germany is NOT standing back and acting like a "free rider"...it has a new chancellor as the head of a multi-party coalition...each with different perspectives on how the country should be run...that has policy implications...but that sort of awareness doesn't come through in your post.
So, I ask, are you going to enter into a substantive discussion on anything?...or just keep doing whatever it is that you do...