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America First, NATO Last
President Trump didn’t come to play diplomat. He came to collect.
The President arrived at the NATO summit on Tuesday and is reportedly skipping the panels and the pleasantries and ready to demand NATO countries commit to spending 5% of their GDP on defense. That’s a big leap from the 2% most of them still don’t hit. And instead of pledging real money, our so-called allies are offering accounting tricks and excuses.
Spain flat-out refused. They said they’ll only pay 2.1%, claiming “country-level flexibility” under NATO’s pledge. Why? Because paying more would mean cutting into their generous social programs. So instead, they let American taxpayers cover their military tab while Spain enjoys things Americans don’t have like free healthcare and five-week vacations.
The U.K. tried a different kind of con. They say they’ll boost spending—but it turns out it’s not new money. According to The Telegraph, they’re relabeling old infrastructure projects as “defense spending.” It’s not a budget increase. It’s a spreadsheet shuffle.
Now NATO leaders are scrambling to justify their free ride. Mark Rutte is shouting vague warnings that “the Russians are coming.” Ursula von der Leyen says they expect a full blown war with Russia in the next five years.
But here’s the truth: Russia isn’t trying to take over Europe. Even Russian state media keeps the war’s scope confined to the Donbas and Ukraine.
You’d almost think these people need the war to keep their sweet welfare system going. So what happens if President Trump tells them no? Gosh I hope he does!
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