NATO & the Trump Factor
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Perish the thought! Only a fellow whose great-great-great-whatever managed to do well in the Battle of Hustings-upon-Chuddleby can be allowed to touch the Royal Poo!
Trump now wants NATO allies to spend 4 percent of GDP on defense
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News Brief
Plus Trump is taking another swipe at Germany ........with direct antagonism to others as well.
situation: Trump-crude "normal"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News Brief
Plus Trump is taking another swipe at Germany ........with direct antagonism to others as well.
situation: Trump-crude "normal"
The US deficit is ballooning and now Trump wants all of NATO to copy its example?
Notice how among those NATO members that actually meet the NATO target, most are either really poor or teetering on bankruptcy. Coincidence?
Why doesn't the US reduce its spending to 2% of GDP? The best thing the US can do to protect Canadian sovereignty is to get its own fiscal house in order. A bankrupt US can't do much to protect Canada.
Do you think it's a coincidence that some of those top contributors are Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Poland?
Well you've said a mouthful there WU!
You get an "A" for honesty.
I guess we'll see how many will comply with 2% after Trump suggested to go to 4%
But at least here in Canada our quality of commitment is worth .8% of GDP so we're good :lol:
Yes and that was surprising to me as well. The ones I named were not surprising. Do you think because they have a pretty good idea of what happens when the Russians come knocking?
I absolutely agree. If we're to have a minimum target, we should have a maximum target too along with rules to limit debt, inflation, and interest rates. No matter how strong the military, we need to be able to pay our troops' wages.
How long have we heard that?
At any rate, Trump is simply saying that if Europe's security is not so important to Europe, why should it be to the U.S.?
Clearly Canada believes that Europe's security is not so important. Heck they do not even think their own security is important. Regardless of Canada's enormous contributions in the two world wars and the bravery of Canadian soldiers today, Canada (as a nation) could contribute very little to a flash war breaking out in Europe. Not because Canadians are unwilling, but the past and present governments have left your nation pretty much defenseless.
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The US isn't spending 4% right now, either. Does this presage another massive American arms purchasimg orgy so that they make the target?
I get a giggle out of the claim that Greece is meeting the current 2% of GDP target but that Germany isn't. Well. Sort of. Greece is making their 2% target using German bail-out money.
Trump likes to make huge decisions, so his present trillion-dollar budget deficit just doesn't make the cut. He wants to make it huge.