Man With A Plan
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With all due respect, Frigid? Agreeing to spend 2% of their GDP on defense doesn't mean they DID spend 2% on defense! That was the reason Trump called them out on their NATO spending...they hadn't been living up to the commitment that they'd made. They were letting us spend billions to protect them.But he didn't.
GRAPHICS STORY: How much do NATO allies really spend on defense?
Defense spending is a central topic of the NATO Summit in Washington. Just how much are alliance members putting up compared to the U.S.?www.usatoday.com
"NATO countries agreed in 2014 to spend 2% of their GDP on defense,"
Who was president in 2014? Not Trump.
"with the goal of all members meeting that target within a decade. "
That decade is this year. What happened in 2014? Oh yeah, Putin annexed part of the Ukraine.
"Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, European allies have increased defense spending by 11%."
Yeah, let's pretend Trump annoying people by saying stupid stuff was the cause of all of this, instead of the agreement they had in 2014 and Putin playing his stupid games.
Hey, let's also pretend that Trump is Jesus too, and that he build the Great Wall of China.