Trump vowed he’d ‘never’ help Europe if it’s attacked, top EU official says

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-vow-never-help-europe-attack-thierry-breton/

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someguy3@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y (2 replies)

"By the way, NATO is dead, and we will leave, we will quit NATO," Trump also said, according to Breton. "And he added, ‘and by the way, you owe me $400 billion, because you didn’t pay, you Germans, what you had to pay for defense,'" Breton said about the tense meeting, where the EU's then-trade chief Phil Hogan was also present.

I recall many conversations with people who insisted Trump never indicated he would pull out of NATO.

thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Trumpites aren't intelligent people.

Uglyhead@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Neither were Ignatz (fools)

…and they almost took over the whole planet.

random_character_a@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y (3 replies)

"Nato is dead" is same kind of announcement as "US is going to be renamed to Trumplandia and will be property of Trump organisation".

assembly@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Stop giving him ideas that seem dumb and useless because he will run with them like scissors. Do we forget trying to use a sharpie to redirect a hurricane or nuking the hurricane?

random_character_a@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Treating covid infections internally with bleach and uv-light was also a gem.

Uglyhead@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

"US is going to be renamed to Trumplandia and will be property of Trump organisation".

Oh he renamed it.

It’s going to be.. “The United States of America”, because US spells “us”.

I can’t believe he invented that really. A true genius of all time. The smartest and most inventive person there has ever been.

realitista@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y

Hopefully he never comes back but Europe takes his threat seriously.

eran_morad@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

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ebikefolder@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

because you didn’t pay, you Germans, what you had to pay for defense

What the hell is he talking about? Spending 2% of our gdp for defence this year? Can that moron not read a calendar? (obviously not): The year has only just started. And even if we don't: we didn't agree on paying the difference to Mr Trump.

Sodis@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y

The number is probably the added up deficits on military spending throughout the years NATO exists.