He most probably has his dirty hands on Venezuelas oil... high oil prices are a feature, not a bug.

Im Endeffekt ist es ja genau das: Man darf noch alles sagen, ist von der Kunstfreiheit gedeckt, sich über Minderheiten lustig zu machen finden heute viele aber halt einfach nicht mehr witzig.
Bis jetzt gibts keine Pflicht über unlustige Witze zu lachen von daher sollten sich Leute die keine andere Komik auf Lager haben echt einfach nen anderen Job suchen...

You're right of course.

But two things I'd like to point out:

1. Yes, the US WAS the military of the treaty. WAS being the important part here as the trust that made this arragement possible is heavily eroded today due to the lunatic in charge.

2. You're first paragraph is onesided and resembles the talking points of the Trump admin. The reality is more complex: The Us would have spend that money anyways as it aimed for global military domination during and after the cold war. The NATO treaty allowd to convert this alread spend money not only in hard military but also in soft power: The US gained massive multi-level influence in the member states due to the military depency and also bought their international voices (for example inside the UN) with it. It was a win-win situation with kooperative cost advantages for both sides. Not a one sided deal to the disadvantage of the US as Americans seem to be made believe by Trump and his oligarchy.

Aren't you the guy who keeps cropping artists names from their work?

Imho: China might be waiting to take Taiwan once the US ammo stocks are emptied due to sheer idiocy.

It's astonishing watching a billion dollar military that dominated the globe for decades being blown into bits over night just because of some narcisstic leaders.

It's never been a good idea to fire experienced commanders due to idology.

Left out the part where the US/Israel bombed Iran TWICE during ongoing negotiations. Read earlier that the draft for an UN security council resolution demands Iran to go ,,with good faith" into negotiations with US/Israel... who came up with this, did they miss the last two rounds of negotiation-bombing?

Russia is not budging an inch from its demands, which amount to Ukraine's surrender without any significant security guarantees and with massive vulnerability to future attacks... and since Russia presumably has dirt on Trump, he is now trying everything to “end” the war by forcing Ukraine to give up its demands and surrender.

Da sich die CDU/CSU ja selbst dieses Mittels bedient hat um den Haushalt der Ampel ,,zu prüfen" dürften sie ja nichts dagegen haben..oder?

Ich schau mal in meine Glaskugel:

In zehn Jahren dann: ,,Der Staat arbeitet als Garantiengeber zu ineffektiv, die Privatwirtschaft kann das viel besser! Ich plädiere dafür die staatliche Ausbilundgsfinanzierung einzustellen, bei den Ausbilundgen klappt das ja auch!"

Ta-Daa: System wie in den USA bei dem die Finanzwirtschaft einen dicken Reibach macht und nicht wenige noch 20 Jahre später ihren Studienkredit abstottern.

,,You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up."

It's not about the money, it's about sending a message...

I have the same question: If they refuse to contribute to their community and/or to the absolute legal minimum they can't find a loophole for... what's the point of wanting to make them stay?