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Allies and Former U.S. Officials Fear Trump Could Seek NATO Exit in a Second Term https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/politics/trump-nato-withdraw.html https:

• ZGDUwpqEWpUZ 5y ago
  Those articles are lying by omission, and so are you. Trump was certainly looking at getting out of NATO, which he saw as an arrangement where the US increasingly foots the bill for protecting other members. He openly criticised European dependence on Russian oil and gas, and Germany in particular for not paying their fair share towards defence. There's a fantastically awkward video [1] of him explaining all of this directly to NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg. Germany announced this week that it will do exactly what Trump said it should: massively increase military spending [2] and decrease its dependence on Russia for energy [3]. Who is more useful to Putin? Trump, who told Europe to get its ass in gear and treat Russia as a threat, or the stooges you support, whose selfishness and complacency emboldened Russia to carry out this invasion? [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=M5MJEMHZZsI https://youtube.com/watch?v=M5MJEMHZZsI [2] https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/budgetary-about-face-germany-goes-big-on-defense-spending-a-4c90635e-5de8-4123-b18a-646b0ac13b04 https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/budgetary-about... [3] https://dw.com/en/ukraine-crisis-forces-germany-to-change-course-on-energy/a-60968585 https://dw.com/en/ukraine-crisis-forces-germany-to-change-co...