News: Trump Will Weaken Nato If He Doesn't Change His Pledges

Lord Blackout

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Former NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged the alliance to call a summit, warning that Donald Trump’s election could weaken it.

During the U.S. presidential election campaign Trump suggested that, under his presidency, America might no longer be willing to guarantee the defense of all NATO members unless they paid their “fair share” toward it.
But speaking on BBC radio Monday, Rasmussen said: “If Mr Trump were to carry out his campaign statements, then it would definitely weaken NATO.”

However, he said he did “agree, not only with Mr Trump but most Americans, that Europe should pay more” on defense, but said that all NATO members had now pledged to eventually reach the target of giving at least 2 percent of their GDP to military budgets.

“We have now reversed the trend,” Rasmussen said. He added: “A NATO summit should be called very soon to send a very clear signal to friends and foes alike that America’s commitment to defending all allies is unchanged.”

His comments follow similar remarks by the current head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, who said at the weekend that “going it alone” is not an option for Europe or the United States.

NATO is facing challenges to its power from both populist and centrist politicians in Europe.

On the left, U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn told the BBC at the weekend that the alliance should “demilitarize” the border between its states and Russia. Meanwhile, hard-right French president candidate Marine le Pen used an appearance on the same program to question why the alliance exists.

At the same time, many in Brussels are stepping up calls for greater EU defense capability, questioning the continued ability of NATO to provide Europe with adequate protection.

Good luck, Europe.

geo

Maybe that EU army is needed after all.

TheVoiceXtina

YES! Destroy that HIDEOUS ESTABLISHMENT

Pop

Stay strong, NATO!

We need you to keep the western world strong.

avi

elizabeth warren will come and save in 2020. dont worry #stay #strong

PoisonPill

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Originally posted by TheVoiceXtina

YES! Destroy that HIDEOUS ESTABLISHMENT

Do you even understand what NATO does or why it's needed?

Lord Blackout

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Originally posted by TheVoiceXtina

YES! Destroy that HIDEOUS ESTABLISHMENT

Next he should go after Crooked NASA

foxaylove

The Free World is under a free fall. I hope France and Germany hold on in their elections, but seeing the landscape of their political alliance, I'm not all that confident. Merkel is getting slammed for the migrant intake crisis. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they took in more than 1 million, right? Second only to Turkey who took in probably 3x that amount?

Can French posters tell us how Maine le Pen is looking against her opposition? Is she ahead or surging from behind? I guess I can take solace in knowing even though she was pro-Brexit (or that's my perception she is at least), PM Theresa May still has a commitment to see the NATO thrive and remain strong for the Free World.

RomanNavy

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Originally posted by foxaylove

The Free World is under a free fall. I hope France and Germany hold on in their elections, but seeing the landscape of their political alliance, I'm not all that confident. Merkel is getting slammed for the migrant intake crisis. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they took in more than 1 million, right? Second only to Turkey who took in probably 3x that amount?

In French posters can tell us how Maine le Pen is looking against her opposition? Is she ahead or surging from behind? I guess I can take solace in knowing even though she was pro-Brexit (or that's my perception she is at least), PM Theresa May still has a commitment to see the NATO thrive and remain strong for the Free World.

And let's not forget The Netherlands. The right wing PVV party of Geert Wilders is by far the biggest party in the polls right now. He recently made an alliance with Le Pen

Dessy Fenix

R.I.P. NATO. It was nice knowing you.

Swine

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Originally posted by RomanNavy

And let's not forget The Netherlands. The right wing PVV party of Geert Wilders is by far the biggest party in the polls right now. He recently made an alliance with Le Pen

The PVV isn't going to get more than 20% of the vote. A far-right government between SGP, PVV and VVD would never get a majority of votes let alone a majority in the Senate. The next government will probably still be PvdA-VVD with help from all middle parties, because only 8 Senate seats belong to the PVV.

The nature of Dutch elections make it impossible for a clear right or left majority. All leftists eventually join one party and all rightists go to one party out of strategic voting, which is why either GroenLinks or SP (maybe even PvdA) will become the second biggest only to the VVD.

Nothing to be scared of for Germany either. I'm pretty certain that NATO will survive. A Trump presidency gives a nice excuse for our leaders to pull through with the EU foreign policy and defense union. In the long long term it might be a good thing.

xxtinaxx

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Originally posted by TheVoiceXtina

YES! Destroy that HIDEOUS ESTABLISHMENT

For what reasons should they? Enlighten me.

Tropez

Awesome.

We need to stop spending so much money on this while European nations are living on American money. If they can't pull their weight then why should the US.

Also I think it's smart to stop supporting Japan, South Korea and The Philippines. And not getting involved in th Middle East or any world affairs. It's time to start thinking about the USA first.