It annoys me that the media sell the line that the US want European nations to spend more on defence due to a vague notion of 'responsibility' or 'commitment to Western alliances' rather than the more obvious aspect that the US dominate NATO arms sales and want to flog more stuff
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Slightly disagree: a lot of change is baked into the economic & geopolitical realities at this point, but Trump is playing the role of the Awful New Tattoo You Were Never Consulted About in this breakup, not the actual cause.
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hint: an octogenarian lightly touching you is not assault
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Perfectly. Sucks they didn't come to the table, was optimistic. Now, unlike previous administrations, watch the hammer come down on them again harder than before.
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Agree precisely because the biggest and perhaps only beneficiary of NATO is the US military and foreign policy establishment. US Government would gladly pay full price for NATO if it had to. Trump is just trying to negotiate a larger contribution from member states.
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