Lest you are unaware, NATO countries agreed to spend a base of 2% of GDP for defense. For reference the USA spends 3.4% of our GDP on defense.
As of 2023 only 11of the 31 NATO members are on course to meet this minimum in 2024. Britain is on course to meet this minimum because of contraction of its economy.
This cartoon is a caricature of what NATO expects of the U.S.
ramage wrote: Do you disagree that the NATO countries should pay what they agreed to at the NATO summit in 2014?
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How you interpreted that from my post is a mystery.
Most NATO countries pay their 2% of the GNI per the agreement.. My complaint is that Dotard Trump told Putin that, were he President again, Russia could "do whatever the hell it wanted" to NATO countries because Fraud Trump apparently doesn't understand that most nations are paying the 2% towards common defense.
"Most NATO countries pay their 2% of the GNI per the agreement"
As is often said you are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts.. Where do you get such information as noted above. It is easy to form an erroneous and simplistic opinion when you blithely refuse to research a topic. Talking points might work with your contemporaries however that will not cut it with an intelligent audience.
President Trump's comments were correct regarding NATO.
Last year, 11 countries met or exceeded that target, according to NATO statistics. The rest spent smaller portions of their GDP on defense.
Many of the NATO countries are very close to the 2% goal.
That being said, I'm still wary that a former President would encourage an adversary to attack an ally just because they didn't reach the 2% goal. But I guess you're okay with what he said.
Donald Trump said over the weekend that he would encourage Russia to attack “delinquent” NATO allies that, in his judgment, spend too little on defense.
His remarks shocked leaders on both sides of the Atlantic — and mischaracterized how the 31-member alliance works.
