The NATO Agreement says that if any of the NATO countries are attacked, the othe NATO countries will come to its defense. Trump says he will only come to their defense if they have fulfilled their obligation.
He will make his own rules about it.
Nothing different here from what Trump has done for much of his life. He has some history of disregarding what he would probably term, 'deals'. What he seems not to grasp is that running a country is not the same as running a business.
The international world runs on two things: debt and trust. If you have lots of one and none of the other, you're in trouble.
NATO is not going to put up with an ass like that dictating to them how they should operate any more than we listen to that dolt from North Korea. All Trump would do is weaken a Nation. Like he is already doing.
And let's not forget about LYING about his prior successes in running a business.
I don't know but that sounds fair. I just would wish he could dismantle that worthless United Nations.
Cola, I think you have that backwards. It's not us that needs NATO, it's NATO that would need us. Trump would only have say in American involvement with NATO, he wouldn't be president of NATO. So why would NATO think they'd have to kiss his --s.
Probably not.
If there was another major land war in Europe, I'm pretty sure the United States would help any major NATO member involved, regardless of whether the country "fulfilled its obligations" or not.
The chances of another major land war in Europe in the next 4-8 years are so small that it's scarcely worth discussing.
Trump is just invoking that as part of his "You Americans are getting screwed!" nativist/xenophobic tommyrot.
What side of the argument are you taking here?
You are circling from NATO needs Trump and America to NATO doesn't need to kiss his ass.
So, which one is it?
