https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-says-he-will-refuse-to-honor-nato-treaty
At every rally, Trump loves to tell the story that references the only thing he knows about global security – the transactional relationship we have with our NATO allies. NATO has kept the US out of a major conflict in Europe since its inception in 1949. The treaty mandates that if any member nation is attacked by any other nation, all 31 other signatories will come to their defense. That has served as an incredibly powerful deterrent to the rest of the world.
Trump, however, has always been hostile to the NATO alliance. Perhaps not coincidentally, Vladimir Putin stated decades ago that it was one of his greatest dreams to separate the US from the other NATO countries. It appears, in Donald Trump, he has found the man to help accomplish that dream.
The canard/excuse that Trump will rely upon is that some other NATO member nations are not spending the 2% of GDP on defense that is stated by the treaty. This has always been somewhat elastic as some nations have dipped above and below that over the years, but almost all nations in NATO have been in full compliance almost all the time.
Trump loves to tell the story about how he threatened the other NATO countries to “pay up.” He casts this as if they owe us money that they refuse to pay. It is simply a question of them increasing their own defense budgets – not money they owe us. But Trump has now taken this earlier threat to the next level, expressly stating at his rally today that he will refuse to honor the treaty if any ally is attacked who is spending less that the 2%. He then took that even further by inviting our enemies to “do whatever the hell they want” to that country.
Will this be covered in the New York Times tomorrow? Maybe somewhere below a story about Biden mispronouncing a word.
This is why the world is in fear that Trump will be elected. He will refuse to honor any treaties and trade agreements. The USA will be an untrustworthy nation. It is a fearful time.
A certain amount of trust was restored with Biden’s election but if Trump slithers in again that’s it – no one will ever trust us again, and they’d be right to feel that way.
None of us here in the E.U. today feel that we can totally trust the USA. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. It’s no secret that your GOP has been bought out by the Kremlin.
The fact that he is the presumptive Republican candidate for President means the world cannot trust the USA.
The USA is already an untrustworthy nation. They elected Trump once, and he is the presumptive Republican candidate for President.
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