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Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target www.ft.com/content/35f490c5-3abb-4ac9-8fa3-65e804dd158f

366 sats \ 12 comments \ @zuspotirko 21 Dec Politics_And_Law

52 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 21 Dec

Trump vowed to cut off aid to Ukraine, force Kyiv into immediate peace talks, and leave Nato allies undefended if they failed to spend enough on defence — spooking European capitals.

But in a boost for allies deeply concerned over their ability to support and protect Ukraine without Washington’s backing, Trump now intends to maintain US military supplies to Kyiv after his inauguration, according to three other people briefed on the discussions with western officials.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @justin_shocknet 21 Dec

Fake Times payalled and you copypasta something about anon sources, sad!

The real gullible retards are people linking intel op ed pieces from FT, BI, NYT, Atlantic etc...

I do like the idea though conceptually, a soft-cutoff of NATO... let them burn it down themselves by being unable to hold up their end... and even if they do manage to keep up most of that money ends up back in the US defense complex (dollar milkshake -> accelerates Bitcoin)

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scroogey 21 Dec

Non-paywalled link https://archive.is/qe2PJ

18 sats \ 3 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 21 Dec

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 Dec

I see that Portugal is a perpetual free loader

Edit: Most members are above 2 percent this year? I am skeptical because it’s never been that high since the Cold War ended

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko OP 21 Dec

I see that Portugal is a perpetual free loader

All of the countries on the lower end are "freeloading" from the countries on the upper end. Idk why you singled out Portugal here instead of rich countries like Luxemburg

Most members are above 2 percent this year? I am skeptical because it’s never been that high since the Cold War ended

E.g. Germany has made a big one-time money package to their military. It's not a permanent budget. Similar might be true for more European countries during the Ukraine war.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 Dec

I shouldn't single out Portugal for being insufferable

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 21 Dec

Well, you have to see things like Peter Thiel does.

Then Trump's decision makes perfect sense.

His decision to make JD Vance vice president makes sense for the same reason.

18 sats \ 1 reply \ @petertodd 21 Dec

Good.

If you don't spend enough to defend yourselves, others will take advantage of your weakness. With Ukraine, Europe in general is finding that out the hard way.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 Dec

Only 6 nato members currently pay 2 percent. 32 members total.

Edit: the higher threshold is a way to weed out the perpetual parasites like Portugal

131 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 21 Dec

Trump is not a politician... he's a businessman. He wants to continue modernizing and improving our military, manufacturing, making things in the US, and increasing exports. Well, most of the stuff we have sent Ukraine, Taiwan, etc. has been the old stuff that we would have to actually take back to the manufacturers to disassemble and get rid of or stick in a boneyard. Instead, we just gave them away. The military had to stick a dollar amount on it but really it was just them getting rid of old crap and creating space for the new stuff.

With manufacturing take a stab at what segment of that is BOOMING at that moment and is creating tons of high-paying jobs... arms and armament so why kick an industry in the teeth when it is doing exactly what you want from it?!

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @000w2 21 Dec

Stop posting neocon/intel/banker propaganda. I can understand why the FT is showing up so much here