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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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Originally Posted by jfman
I think you underestimate the extent Brexit will induce negative sentiment towards anything that even remotely looks like a European army. People voted for Britain to forge its own path in the world and explore trade deals elsewhere. Trump dangles that carrot and Starmer knocks it back for his European buddies and the Conservatives and Reform will be all over him.
We have NATO for our security and despite a lot of scaremongering there is no indication, anywhere, that NATO wouldn’t come to the aid of a member state when (and perhaps more importantly if) required.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...ift-rcna195089
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President Donald Trump is considering a major change to the U.S.’ participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to three current and former senior U.S. officials and one congressional official.
Trump has discussed with aides the possibility of calibrating America’s NATO engagement in a way that favors members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their gross domestic product on defense, the officials said.
As part of the potential policy shift, the U.S. might not defend a fellow NATO member that is attacked if the country doesn’t meet the defense spending threshold, the officials said.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-...em-2025-03-07/
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WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on Thursday on his willingness to defend Washington's NATO allies, saying he would not do so if they are not paying enough for their own defense.
"It's common sense, right," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "If they don't pay, I'm not going to defend them. No, I'm not going to defend them."
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Last edited by Hugh; 19-03-2025 at 14:03.
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