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Originally Posted by thommy
talking about the NATO and trumpīs funny idea to leave the NATO we should first look back WHERE it came from and WHY.
NATO was installed at the behest of america to have a defensive wall against the russians in europe.
So actually the west has protected the USA because the bombs would have fallen on us first.
in addition, NATO is not an association or federation. it is a mutual promise of help by nations that have their own military (except island which is a NATO member but has no military and therefore no military expenditure).
Just because the US has a defence budget that reflects almost half of the world's defence spending does not mean that every country has to do throw itīs prosperity into a war that is not present.
russia, for example, spends 66 billion on its military - why 700 billion or even 1 trillion (what is the complete budget of all NATO countries)?
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Trump is a business man, he goes into negotiations playing hard. I very much doubt he will ever leave, but he wants Europe to pay more to make sure no bombs land on it first.