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[–] 178 points 6 months ago (22 children)

What does he think NATO is? Isn’t the treaty to protect against aggression, not be the aggressors?

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  • [–] 135 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    He believes he is the king of the world and NATO is a human resources investment similar to the many departments of Trump Kingdom LLC.

    Far as he's concerned, who cares if that's not their job or intention. He's paying the bills damn it - he pay the bill, plebs do what he says. It's really that simple.

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  • [–] 31 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I mean, some NATO nations have been known to join the US in a dumb fight. But Trump has also directly tariffed and threatened many of the nations that would normally help the US. Friends are gonna be short supply.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Spit your allies/friends in the face and see what you get ....

    I wouldn't be surprised if trump is looking to use this for an eventual "out" ... throw a tantrum that he's not getting help so he'll pull out of the gulf region completely, only do the bombings but leave the strait and it's cargo issues as the unresolved mess they are.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Americans can't afford to buy stuff now anyway, it's not like they were going to get a lot of trade. We can barely afford our rent/groceries and hundreds are getting laid off every week.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Hm, many NATO countries actually did the latter for the US in the past.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    The US was actually attacked at that time. Iraq was a different story and "coalition of the willing" was used.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    He's spent more than the last decade doing nothing but criticizing NATO and saying it should be abolished and is shocked when they won't cover his war crimes and the consequences there of? Stable genius everybody.

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