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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump brags he threatened 'no protection' for NATO moments after Zelenskyy speaks to Congress
Just seconds after Zelenskyy gave a speech asking Congress for assistance, Trump released a statement arguing that he had strengthened NATO by threatening to undermine the alliance.
"People forget so quickly with the help of Fake News that it was me that got the 20 out of 28 delinquent NATO countries to start paying the money that they owed in order to rebuild a floundering NATO," Trump said in the statement. "Nobody knew things would happen so rapidly but NATO was poor and now it is rich and all of the Fake News commentators that said Trump was tearing down NATO should be ashamed of themselves for telling lies."
"Bush and Obama did nothing but make speeches and talk," he charged. "I acted, and acted strongly. I said to them, 'if you don't pay up, no protection.' They all paid up, and quickly. It's a story that's never reported but only because we have a corrupt press in our Country!"
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-nato-2656969368/
Botany
(70,501 posts)NATO not paying their fair share into NATO is a 1970s Soviet Union talking point. Trump is a
fucking traitor.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html
A New Report Adds Evidence That Trump Was a Russian Asset
He helped Putin manipulate the U.S. election in 2020, as he did in 2016.
spanone
(135,830 posts)MF'er
karynnj
(59,503 posts)This did continue to raise contributions in the Trump years. It is only in his dreams that NATO listened to him.
FarPoint
(12,351 posts)tRump will show his love to Putin publicly....he will go down this path....
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)not to mention it is a lie that Obama and Biden did nothing.
BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)Gurgle, gurgle.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Just go away shees.
PCIntern
(25,541 posts)Itd be a shame if anything happened to it.
robbob
(3,528 posts)His brain is wired to automatically go to gangster cliches: if you dont pay up, no protection for you . Hes so stupid he doesnt even realize how stupid he sounds
PSPS
(13,594 posts)Even if NATO were entirely funded by the US, it would still be a bargain. Only someone completely ignorant of the history of World War II and the motivation behind the creation of NATO would think otherwise.
malaise
(268,968 posts)Hekate
(90,673 posts)Justice matters.
(6,928 posts)he said he didn't want to create a panic...
Trump brags about threatening Putin with "hitting Moscow"
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/world-news/2022/03/05/62231ee9268e3efe3d8b45bc.html
Imagine the cluster-fuck we would ALL wake up in every day if that orange terrorist above the law would have stolen (or overthrown) the election!!
Please Dog... Deliver the world of that lying sexual predator!