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>Trump sees it as a cost. Which is true since defense money doesn't rain from the sky. Taxpayers on both sides of the atlantic are footing the bill. >He alway
by FirmwareBurner 2y ago
>Trump sees it as a cost.
Which is true since defense money doesn't rain from the sky. Taxpayers on both sides of the atlantic are footing the bill.
>He always says Europeans are not paying their fair share.
Which is true when you look at per member spending percentages. Mostly Poland and a couple of other members have been meeting their agreed spending targets, but the rest have been slacking.
>He has been talking about it for ten years:
From your article:
"While Trump has gone so far as saying that, as president, he would consider pulling the U.S. out of NATO if it is not restructured, we’ve found no instance of him saying he wants to do so at this point. And the Clinton campaign hasn’t been able to point to an example of Trump saying that either.
In fact, it was during the interview with the Post, which initially brought attention to Trump’s feelings about NATO, that Trump said that he doesn’t want the U.S. to leave the alliance."
- throwaway290 2y agoIt's not about the finances and being late on payment. The finances part is solved easily by politely saying "pay your part please or we gotta evict you". It's about members of supposed "alliance" threatening to roll tanks on each other. > While Trump has gone so far as saying that, as president, he would consider pulling the U.S. out of NATO if it is not restructured, we’ve found no instance of him saying he wants to do so at this point US won't because US needs NATO more than other countries. US is the only country to ever invoke article whatshernumber.