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US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on his willingness to defend Washington’s Nato allies, saying that he would not do so if they are not paying enough for their own defense.
“It’s common sense, right,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them. No, I’m not going to defend them.”
Trump said he had been of this view for years and shared it with Nato allies during his 2017-2021 presidential term. Those efforts prompted more spending from other members of the 75-year-old transatlantic alliance, he said, but that “even now, it’s not enough.”
He added: “They should be paying more.”
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Isn’t this the kind of thing the Mafia and gangs do to local businesses? Pay up for “protection”?
Yes, thats the group he identifies with the most
Musk waiting for the horse head to show up in his bed.
Almost like he’s been talking about this for like 2-3 years, and made it a significant point in his campaign. And fuckers still voted for him.
The only thing the U.S. has to show for its massive national debt is its military. Since other countries don’t even want the U.S. to be world police that money should be spent on healthcare and light rail instead.
Imagine if insurances chose to pull out whenever they needed to pay out coverage…
That’s not how this works
When is Trump going to pay back the $500bn the rest of NATO spent supporting the US in Afghanistan and Iraq?
They do, though. Tons of flood insurers and fire insurance companies mysteriously pulled out over hurricane and fire season in Florida and across the West Coast last year. It was a huge thing.
To be technical, they don’t need to cover in these cases unless the buyer has specific coverage for these cases.
Firestorms, huricanes, floods, earthquakes, war etc are usually not covered unless specifically specified in the terms
I’d genuinely feel safer if we kicked the US out of NATO at this point
