“American President Donald Trump once again stated that it was only thanks to him that other NATO allies began to invest more in defense, that “Russia would have taken over Ukraine a long time ago” without his role, and that it was only thanks to the USA and thanks to him that Russia and China paid attention to NATO.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Trump in his social network Truth Social, quotes “European Truth”
Details: The US leader decided to remind “all the great supporters of NATO” that before his presidency, most NATO members invested 2% of GDP or less in defense, and the USA “paid for them like fools”, and thanks to him the spending threshold rose to 5% and everyone quickly agreed with it, although earlier it was rumored that this was impossible.
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“Without my participation, Russia would already control all of Ukraine by now. Also remember that I single-handedly ended eight wars, and Norway, which is a member of NATO, stupidly decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize. But that doesn’t matter. What matters is that I saved millions of lives. Russia and China have zero fear of NATO without the United States – and I doubt that NATO would come to our aid when we really needed it,” Trump said. “forgetting” the participation of NATO allies in the operation in Afghanistan after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Trump boasted that he had “thankfully revived the American military” in his first term and vowed to continue strengthening it.
“We will always be ready to act for NATO, even if they are not ready for us. The only state that China and Russia fear and respect is the USA revived by Trump,” he said.
screenshot Prehistory:
- Earlier this week, Trump again actively talked about his desire to control Greenland, and the spokeswoman of the White House said that a force scenario is not excluded for this.
- Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that the forceful annexation of Greenland by the United States, if it happened, would mean the end of NATO. Many European capitals expressed their support for Denmark.
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