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Swordsmyth
10-13-2019, 01:13 AM
Germany is willing to contribute more to NATO's running costs as long as other allies also step up to help reduce the United States' share of funding, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Friday.President Donald Trump has long accused European allies, especially Germany, the biggest economy in Europe, of taking U.S. security guarantees for granted and says they need to spend much more on their own defense.
With a meeting of NATO leaders looming in December, some allies now see reform of financing for the U.S.-led military alliance as a way to preempt another round of criticism from Trump and show that they are listening to his concerns.
At some $2.5 billion a year, the budget for North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters, international staff and the limited number of military assets under NATO command is a small sum compared to the hundreds of billions of dollars that allies spend on their armed forces each year.
Under a proposal now being considered by NATO, the U.S. contribution to the alliance's annual budget would fall to 16% from the current 22%, while Germany's would rise, also to 16% from 14.8%, from 2021. Other countries would also pay more.

More at: https://news.yahoo.com/pressed-trump-over-defense-germany-145139412.html

phill4paul
10-13-2019, 05:47 AM
Trump haters will be in any minute now to tell us how this good thing is actually a bad thing and was probably initiated under Obama anyway.

shakey1
10-13-2019, 07:29 AM
‘bout time :cool:

Anti Globalist
10-13-2019, 08:16 AM
Every nation involved in NATO should be paying more than the US. In fact, the US should get out of NATO altogether.

Swordsmyth
10-13-2019, 06:11 PM
Every nation involved in NATO should be paying more than the US. In fact, the US should get out of NATO altogether.
^^^THIS^^^

Warlord
10-13-2019, 07:55 PM
Every nation involved in NATO should be paying more than the US. In fact, the US should get out of NATO altogether.

The EU wants to be an empire:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe0gt1QiAi0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe0gt1QiAi0