Jokes aside, I feel like he’s setting the grounds to leave NATO quickly.
Gameknight667 on
You do not, under any circumstances “gotta hand it to” Donald Trump.
Lopsided_Camel_6962 on
to defend themselves from him
SmugCoastalElite37 on
Broken clock moment
sennalen on
Let’s start with the US spending 5% on defense
jeremy9931 on
Zero chance in hell that happens. Hell, not even the US spends 5%.
SouthernSerf on
They really don’t have a choice if they want to retain the current capabilities of NATO without and increasingly unreliable US.
LtCdrHipster on
TBF, the entire purpose of NATO is to secure peace *in Europe* from *another European aggressor*, so it isn’t completely irrational to ask they they foot a higher percentage of that bill than the US.
Alarmed_Crazy_6620 on
I guess ask for 5, spook Germans/French/Brits into doing 3.5%?
BlackCat159 on
That’s way too low, 5% is small, and we need BIG numbers, BIG BEAUTIFUL numbers
Narrow_Reindeer_2748 on
He’s saying this so he has an excuse not to protect them
DJJazzay on
Can’t believe there’s going to be four more years of this fucking nonsense…
iamjonmiller on
This is good. The west needs to rearm. Europe has been irresponsible and needs to follow Poland’s lead. I will not concede that this is an excessive goal because honestly we need to start spending like the 80s again. Modern war requires deep magazines of both artillery and precision munitions and we do not have that. Modern war requires functioning shipyards, aircraft, and tank factories and while we are doing tolerably okay with planes and tanks, we are not doing okay with ships at all.
admiraltarkin on
Ah there it is: the inevitable moving of the goalposts
22AFC on
5% is excessive but UK and the rest of europe need to accelerate spending. More of Nato should join the Tempest programme.
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Unironically based?
Jokes aside, I feel like he’s setting the grounds to leave NATO quickly.
You do not, under any circumstances “gotta hand it to” Donald Trump.
to defend themselves from him
Broken clock moment
Let’s start with the US spending 5% on defense
Zero chance in hell that happens. Hell, not even the US spends 5%.
They really don’t have a choice if they want to retain the current capabilities of NATO without and increasingly unreliable US.
TBF, the entire purpose of NATO is to secure peace *in Europe* from *another European aggressor*, so it isn’t completely irrational to ask they they foot a higher percentage of that bill than the US.
I guess ask for 5, spook Germans/French/Brits into doing 3.5%?
That’s way too low, 5% is small, and we need BIG numbers, BIG BEAUTIFUL numbers
He’s saying this so he has an excuse not to protect them
Can’t believe there’s going to be four more years of this fucking nonsense…
This is good. The west needs to rearm. Europe has been irresponsible and needs to follow Poland’s lead. I will not concede that this is an excessive goal because honestly we need to start spending like the 80s again. Modern war requires deep magazines of both artillery and precision munitions and we do not have that. Modern war requires functioning shipyards, aircraft, and tank factories and while we are doing tolerably okay with planes and tanks, we are not doing okay with ships at all.
Ah there it is: the inevitable moving of the goalposts
5% is excessive but UK and the rest of europe need to accelerate spending. More of Nato should join the Tempest programme.
Just to be backstabbed by US.