"...The NATO allies have pledged to spend 2% of their GDP on their defense.
Only 11 comply.
Why should any of them?
Uncle Sam has them covered.
As president, Donald Trump complained.
As the Republican nominee-un-waiting, he still complains.
In Conway, South Carolina, he told another one of those overpacked rallies, ““One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, ‘Well, sir, if we don’t pay, and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?’There is really nothing new in his statement. Matt Margolis wrote, “This wasn't a warning to NATO allies that he’s going to let Russia do ‘whatever the hell they want.’ It was a story about how he got NATO nations to pay their commitments while he was president.”...
“I said, ‘You didn’t pay, you’re delinquent?’ No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”
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