Galileo Galilei
05-26-2017, 09:15 AM
Trump moving in direction for Ron Paul and Robert Taft, backing away from NATO
The 45th president had been expected to promise that America would defend its NATO allies if they ever came under attack. That principle of collective defense is, in theory, cemented by Article 5 of the alliance's charter, NATO's core tenet. It means that "an attack against one ally is considered as an attack against all."
No other president since NATO was founded in 1949 has questioned that principle — until Trump.
He's called the alliance "obsolete" and has repeatedly urged its members to pay more toward bolstering their own militaries. Many of these nations do not currently meet NATO's recommended spending targets, and Trump has threatened that, unless they up their game, the U.S. might not back them up in a fight.
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NATO recommends that each nation spend 2 percent of its gross domestic product on defense. Only five of the 28 members currently do so — the U.S., Greece, Estonia, the U.K. and Poland.
What better way to draw an outsider president into a war? Yep, have the deep state start something in Europe and then force Trump in.
But now Trump has a pretext to not jump in, NATO has not been paying their 2% fee. The way I see it, if you do not pay your premiums, your coverage lapses.
This is a proud moment for Robert Taft, Ron Paul, and Rand Paul. It is a proud moment for America.
The 45th president had been expected to promise that America would defend its NATO allies if they ever came under attack. That principle of collective defense is, in theory, cemented by Article 5 of the alliance's charter, NATO's core tenet. It means that "an attack against one ally is considered as an attack against all."
No other president since NATO was founded in 1949 has questioned that principle — until Trump.
He's called the alliance "obsolete" and has repeatedly urged its members to pay more toward bolstering their own militaries. Many of these nations do not currently meet NATO's recommended spending targets, and Trump has threatened that, unless they up their game, the U.S. might not back them up in a fight.
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NATO recommends that each nation spend 2 percent of its gross domestic product on defense. Only five of the 28 members currently do so — the U.S., Greece, Estonia, the U.K. and Poland.
What better way to draw an outsider president into a war? Yep, have the deep state start something in Europe and then force Trump in.
But now Trump has a pretext to not jump in, NATO has not been paying their 2% fee. The way I see it, if you do not pay your premiums, your coverage lapses.
This is a proud moment for Robert Taft, Ron Paul, and Rand Paul. It is a proud moment for America.