Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Trump Warns NATO Nations: No Protection Without Payment Against Russian Attack
“You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent?” Trump said. “No, I would not protect you.”
By Kelly McClure , SALON
Published February 11, 2024

Republican p**********l candidate and former President Donald Trump gestures to members of the audience as he leaves a Get Out The V**e rally at Coastal Carolina University on February 10, 2024, in Conway, South Carolina.
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Speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Saturday, Donald Trump made a series of comments that led to unease in terms of where his head is at when it comes to shielding NATO allies against Russian attack.

Remarking on a conversation he had during his time in office where a leader of a “big country” asked whether they would be protected if Russia attacked, Trump painted a picture of such protection having a price tag attached to it, telling the leader that the U.S. would not protect them if they didn’t pay their fair share in defense spending, according to NBC News.

“I said, ‘You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent?’” Trump said. “No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do wh**ever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”


In a statement on Trump’s comments, White House Deputy Press Secretary and Senior Communications Adviser Andrew Bates said, “Encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and unhinged — and it endangers American national security, global stability and our economy at home.”

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WTF is wrong with this guy ??????
Citizen Trump needs to go sit down and shut the fluck up !!!!
He’s delusional !!!
Why can’t we just , throw a tarp over him or something ??????
He is a danger !

Kevyn

Sadly Trump is at best allied with Putin’s dictatorship and at worse Putin’s puppet. Even worse he is an enemy of our staunchest NATO allies.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Citizen Trump needs to stay in his own Citizen canoe!

F.D.R.

Our NATO 'allies' have been milking us for decades, it's time to make them stand on their own. Given that demographics seem to indicate they'll all be Muslim within about 50 years maybe it's time to ease away.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Are you sure ??
Our MIC has been astronomical amounts of cash and profits !!!

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Nato: Which countries pay their share on defence?
12th February 2024 at 12:56pm

The number of Nato member nations meeting or exceeding the alliance's spending target is only one-third, according to official estimates.

Nato sets alliance members the aim of spending 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence.

But the latest estimates show now only 11 countries are achieving the target with France (1.90%), Germany (1.57%) and Norway (1.67%) notably below the 2% threshold.

The trend of countries that are bordering Ukraine, Russia, or its neighbour and ally Belarus, is now exceeding Nato's 2% guideline, following Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Estonia (2.73%), Lithuania (2.54%), Finland (2.45%), Romania (2.44%), Hungary (2.43%) and Latvia (2.07%) are all exceeding the alliance's guideline for defence expenditure.

Poland is the alliance's biggest spender as a share of GDP, contributing 3.90%, spending even more than the US (3.49%) in second and Greece (3.01%) the next closest.

The nations falling short of the alliance's target are France (1.90%), Montenegro (1.87%), North Macedonia (1.87%), Bulgaria (1.84%), Croatia (1.79%), Albania (1.76%), Netherlands (1.70%), Norway (1.67%), Denmark (1.65%), Germany (1.57%), Czech Republic (1.50%), Portugal (1.48%), Italy (1.46%), Canada (1.38%), Slovenia (1.35%), Turkey (1.31%), Spain (1.26%), Belgium (1.13%) and Luxembourg (0.72%).

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Nato: Which countries pay their share on defence?
12th February 2024 at 12:56pm

The number of Nato member nations meeting or exceeding the alliance's spending target is only one-third, according to official estimates.

Nato sets alliance members the aim of spending 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence.

But the latest estimates show now only 11 countries are achieving the target with France (1.90%), Germany (1.57%) and Norway (1.67%) notably below the 2% threshold.

The trend of countries that are bordering Ukraine, Russia, or its neighbour and ally Belarus, is now exceeding Nato's 2% guideline, following Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Estonia (2.73%), Lithuania (2.54%), Finland (2.45%), Romania (2.44%), Hungary (2.43%) and Latvia (2.07%) are all exceeding the alliance's guideline for defence expenditure.

Poland is the alliance's biggest spender as a share of GDP, contributing 3.90%, spending even more than the US (3.49%) in second and Greece (3.01%) the next closest.

The nations falling short of the alliance's target are France (1.90%), Montenegro (1.87%), North Macedonia (1.87%), Bulgaria (1.84%), Croatia (1.79%), Albania (1.76%), Netherlands (1.70%), Norway (1.67%), Denmark (1.65%), Germany (1.57%), Czech Republic (1.50%), Portugal (1.48%), Italy (1.46%), Canada (1.38%), Slovenia (1.35%), Turkey (1.31%), Spain (1.26%), Belgium (1.13%) and Luxembourg (0.72%).