Trump called NATO Members on their BS, NOT meeting their requirements ..... guess what, the Members stepped up and started spending more money
STOLTENBERG: Well, I worked with him for four years and I listened carefully because the main criticism has been about NATO allies spending too little on NATO, and the message has been taken across the alliance in Europe and Canada. So over the last years, NATO allies have significantly increased defense spending. More and more allies meet the NATO guideline on spending 2% of GDP on defense. … In total, they have added 450 billion extra for defense. So the message from the United States that the European allies have to step up has been understood, and they are now really moving in the right direction, and that strengthens also the trans-Atlantic bond within the alliance.
In a bid to ‘deter Russia in the coming years’, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stated, as reported by
Reuters:
“‘I am proud to say that this year we will spend over 2% percent of our GDP on defense. I am also realistic enough to see that this might not be enough in the years to come’, he said at the annual Munich Security Conference, according to a prepared speech text.”
Germany has met the 2% NATO alliance target for the first time since the end of the Cold War, with spending increased with the war in Ukraine.
“Pistorius’ comments come after German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Friday that it would be ‘a challenge’ for Germany to maintain defense spending of 2% of GDP.”
Meanwhile, in the Munich Defense Conference, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz bragged about their newfound defense prowess, saying that his country ‘is serious about boosting its defense spending in the long run.
Scholz also pressured European allies increase defense spending, ‘to match its Ukraine aid’, said Saturday.
Politico reported:
“‘One thing is crystal clear, we Europeans need to do much more for our security, now and in the future’, the German leader said on the second day of the Munich Security Conference. ‘Our readiness to do so is considerable’.
He said Germany, often criticized in the past for not spending enough on defense, would meet NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of GDP on the military through ‘the 2020s, 2030s and beyond’.”
Needless to say, the very people who criticized Trump are agreeing with his common sense argument.
Of course when it comes to Scholz and other Globalists, everything comes rolled into the ‘Ukraine fever’ that controls their lives.
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However, nothing will ever be enough for the pro-Kiev hordes, as Germany, the leading European country in aid to Ukraine, it is still criticized for not sending Kyiv its Taurus cruise missiles — seen as ‘adding crucial long-distance striking power to the Ukrainian military’ – a.k.a. Zelensky would attack deep into Russian territory and escalate the war.
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Trump was correct NATO members have NOT been doing their part for decades ....
As I have read in years past The German Army was hollowed out, a place to put people for welfare support, given slots in the military as a JOBS Program, while not maintaining any sort of military readiness
Yes Germany wants a stalemate not an escalation ... certain I do not think anyone wants Ukraine invading Russia
NATO is a Cold War Relic .. long time past, this is done and dusted
Ukraine is a European Problem and a Construct of European History
Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine achieved a short-lived period of independence (1917-20) but was reconquered and endured a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two forced famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although Ukraine overwhelmingly voted for independence in 1991 around the time of the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control, patronage politics, and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties.
I think the bigger issue, a lot of shady shite was going on in Ukraine ....
BioLabs and other clandestine operations, political corruption, Biden was getting paid off
The latest revelations about corruption in Ukraine tell a complex story. A
scandal has engulfed the Ukrainian ministry of defence, where 100,000 mortar shells worth about $40m (£31m) were paid for but never delivered. But within days of this story emerging, Ukraine achieved its best-ever
ranking in the annual corruption perceptions index complied by Transparency International (TI).
