Trump Opens NATO Summit by Pitching a Toddler spoiked brat Fit............

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Trump Opens NATO Summit by Pitching a Fit https://shar.es/a10rnC via @RollCall
Gavin Lee
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Trump Opens NATO Summit by Pitching a Fit
Energy deal makes Germany ‘captive’ to Russia, U.S. president says


Posted Jul 11, 2018 7:03 AM


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President Donald Trump took his war of words with America’s allies to a new level Wednesday, telling NATO’s top official Germany is “captive” to Russia due to a recent energy deal. And he called alliance members “delinquent” on their contributions to NATO’s budget.

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“We’re supposed to protect you against Russia,” he told Stoltenberg, “but they’re paying billions of dollars to Russia and I think that’s very inappropriate.”
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But the U.S. president did not stop his criticism of Germany there.



“Germany is just paying a little over 1 percent” of its GDP annually to the alliance’s budget, Trump griped. Members have pledged to get to 2 percent, but most countries are well off the mark — something Trump campaigned to change.

“Germany is a rich country,” he complained. “Well, they could increase it immediately - tomorrow - and have no problem,” he said of Germany.

Trump kept going, saying previous American leaders have mentioned the 2 percent issue but either did not understand like he does or “didn’t want to get involved.”

“But I have to bring it up because I think it’s very unfair to our country, it’s very unfair to our taxpayer,” he said.

[Freethinker65]

1. Very unfair to the American taxpayer, as opposed to those permanent tax cuts for the rich

and proposed decreases/elimination of social safety programs for everyone else.

[Bok_Tukalo]

2. How is it unfair to the American taxpayer? Has he suggested lowering our defense spending?

If Germany, or any of the NATO allies, increase their spending on defense, does that mean we will spend less? I have not heard him, or anyone else, make that argument.

As usual, he is incoherent.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. We get half our shit from China. Pre-Trump were we their puppets? Don, "It takes one to know one"

[dameatball]

4. It's nice to know he is concerned about the American taxpayers. When is his next golf vacation?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I don't understand his beef with Germany.

“We’re supposed to protect you against Russia,” he told Stoltenberg, “but they’re paying billions of dollars to Russia and I think that’s very inappropriate.”

What the hell does that mean? And since Putin is his BFF, why is he complaining about Germany paying money to Russia?

None of what he does makes any sense.