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In Brussels, Trump charged that "many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years" and implied that these countries owed that money to the United States.
"This idea that countries owe money is flat-out wrong," said Rathke. Countries commit to the 2% target for defense spending -- a goal only five NATO members currently meet -- within their own countries. The money is not paid to a central fund, though Trump continues to allude to a system like that, raising questions about his ability or willingness to listen and learn.
"Anybody with NATO expertise knows that there is no such thing as 'debts' owed by NATO allies for what they haven't spent in the past," Rathke said. 

Trump not only "ignored the bargain that is at the heart of NATO," Rathke said. "What the President did today was demand the resources without stating the commitment -- there was no carrot, it was all stick." That combination "will weaken the perception of American commitment to NATO," Rathke said.
Burns agreed.
"Every president has reaffirmed collective defense and today was the day for him to do it," he said. "The Europeans expected it and he didn't do it...that isn't how you lead an alliance. Sometimes you have to give tough love. But today was a chance to be big and Reaganesque and he didn't do it."
Daalder and other analysts point out that the President's failure to reaffirm Article 5 could also hurt his own cause by making it harder for NATO leader to increase defense spending.
"It was not a particularly good way to convince members that they should invest," Daalder said. "Particularly allies who have fought and died on the part of the United States."

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or
Those allies don't pay their fair share.

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

Those allies don't pay their fair share. That is one of the reasons they can have health care and a better infrastructure.

Fuck them. Trump is right.

T^T

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

Those allies don't pay their fair share. That is one of the reasons they can have health care and a better infrastructure.

Fuck them. Trump is right.

T^T

your knowledge about what nato does and who pays what is as poor as trumps.
so fuck you both.

his ignorance , his bullishness, his stupidity, you ignore it, but the reason is, you love him, he is just like you,but rich.
Pushing the PM outta the way like a ten year old bully, not knowing that german cars are made in the US for the US market and employing americans, in mostly red states. South Carolina, VW and Alabama.
the US is OFTEN in arrears with its payments.
He is the epitome of the "ugliest american" alive.
You thought Obama made the world laugh at you.
you have NO idea what trump is doing to your collective psyche and reputation.

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ORIGINAL: BoscoX

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

Those allies don't pay their fair share. That is one of the reasons they can have health care and a better infrastructure.

Fuck them. Trump is right.

T^T

your knowledge about what nato does and who pays what is as poor as trumps.
so fuck you both.

his ignorance , his bullishness, his stupidity, you ignore it, but the reason is, you love him, he is just like you,but rich.
Pushing the PM outta the way like a ten year old bully, not knowing that german cars are made in the US for the US market and employing americans, in mostly red states. South Carolina, VW and Alabama.
the US is OFTEN in arrears with its payments.
He is the epitome of the "ugliest american" alive.
You thought Obama made the world laugh at you.
you have NO idea what trump is doing to your collective psyche and reputation.

I love how President Trump makes your kind so insane by running circles around you that you act like you have been overdosing on meth since November or so

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic
his ignorance , his bullishness, his stupidity, you ignore it, but the reason is, you love him, he is just like you,but rich.

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ORIGINAL: WickedsDesire

After the shove did you observe his body language and pointy figure and blithering retarded nonsense to someone...and he puffed his wee tantrum throwing chest didn't out and how he basked in his own eloquent non-grandeur on incompetent fukery

The President of the United States - How did it come this