> Europe was leaning on US defense. This enabled resources to be diverted to social spending instead While each of these statements seems true, there is an im

> Europe was leaning on US defense. This enabled resources to be diverted to social spending instead While each of these statements seems true, there is an imprecise implication that the USA was sponsoring Europe's social security. There are several problems with this implication, starting from the fact that the USA wanted to be present in Europe and benefited from it. Sure, increasing military budgets means less money is available for other things, including social spending, but increasing it from 2% to 5% like they're doing now or even 9% doesn't mean that Europe stops offering free healthcare and education to its citizens. So while I understand why Trump is promoting this narrative, it is his typical lie.