Pay up or we won’t defend you, Trump warns NATO
https://www.thetimes.com/article/8e5...e02c117c98fe13
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Donald Trump has left the future of the alliance in doubt after he said countries that did not meet the Nato spending target would not be defended by the US.
Article 5 of the founding treaty states that an attack against one ally would be considered an attack against all.
Speaking in the White House on Thursday night, he said: “If you’re not going to pay, we’re not going to defend them.”
He went on: “The biggest problem I have with Nato … I mean, I know the guys very well. They’re friends of mine, but if the United States was in trouble, and we called them, we said, ‘We got a problem. France, we got a problem’. Couple of others, I won’t mention, you think they’re going to come and protect us? They’re supposed to, I’m not so sure.
“We’ve been supporting the whole world. When I first came in, we were paying almost 100 per cent of Nato … We were paying the bills for other countries and yet those same countries … the European countries were ripping us off in trade.”
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A) France isn’t in NATO,
B) France sent troops to Afghanistan, and had troops in Desert Shield and Desert Storm
C) "Since 2001, troops from the U.S.'s NATO allies have stood shoulder to shoulder with American soldiers in Afghanistan. More than one thousand of these soldiers have paid the ultimate price"*
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from the 9/11 Memorial site - https://www.911memorial.org/learn/re...unity-responds