Anthony Rooney

@ThomasCookUK dreadful customer service. Spent over 40 hours waiting and then chatting on live chat and going round in circles. Holiday booked with Thomas Cook to Turkey but my Christian name inputted incorrectly on airline tickets. No help or resolution

@pjkace70 @RepDonBacon @toellsnemesis Freeloading? I don’t think so, the US military companies make a fortune from NATO. The US will never leave as it’s too good an income for them

@RepDonBacon @toellsnemesis Russia isn’t our enemy As it turns out NATO is Freeloading idiots

Pulling out of NATO would be a disaster for decades to come. Our alliances have already been damaged, and trust with our closest partners has been weakened. We need our allies to deter Russia, China, and Iran, and to address threats worldwide. America alone is a weaker America.

@HeathenMan4 @M4rtyman @JonathanPieNews Very clear but sounds like desperation to me, let’s see what happens next before you get to carried away

@M4rtyman @JonathanPieNews Incomprehensible? I think the meaning was quite clear.

I've always been told Trump never touches a drop of alcohol. So presumably he's been celebrating Easter Sunday (the holiest of days in the Christian calendar) by having a toke on his finest crack pipe. What a fucking embarrassment...

@edmond_sokol @SaltyGoat17 @RobbieRescue I am tired of the US and their huge ego thinking they are better than everyone. Another war where they will leave a complete and utter mess but tell everyone how big they are. 9/11 the only time article 5 was invoked and our brave military lost their lives to support you.SHAMEFUL

@SaltyGoat17 @RobbieRescue The United States of America MUST be the beacon of freedom... BUT NATO has done NOTHING except show us that they are COWARDS and we CANNOT COUNT ON THEM to HELP US if we needed them... and WE DON'T 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Total NATO defense spending (2025): United States: $980,000,000,000 Europe + Canada: $512,337,000,000 We pay almost twice as much as ALL the other countries COMBINED!! And who protects who? Anyone else tired of being the world's ATM?

@SaltyGoat17 And you make nett gains from NATO as your big military corporates get the majority of the money. Typical of Americans always trying to spin the narrative one way. However, because of the money you make no administration is going to leave NATO!!

@HansMahncke How can you write so much drivel? Initially the US took a neutral stance and tried mediation because it had so many investments in Argentina.

It is almost impressive how consistently this “professor” showcases his ignorance, apparently without any awareness of how ridiculous he looks. The United States absolutely helped the United Kingdom win the Falklands War, so much so that the victory would not have been possible without the United States’ support. After initially trying to assist with negotiations, which failed, the United States provided critical military support, including advanced Sidewinder and Stinger missiles, intelligence, satellite imagery, and perhaps most importantly, access to the United States base on Ascension Island.

@TomRoseIndy I don’t think Trump did only ask to use our bases, he has been using them. He still continues to insult and belittle us. I see Iran as a threat but I am sick and tired of big macho loud Americans only doing half a job

If Europe cannot see Iran as a direct threat, then why should Americans be expected to treat it as one on Europe’s behalf? Europe is quick to sound tough, and slow to act. They know what Iran is and the threat it poses, but lack the guts, not to mention the capability to defend themselves. They know Iran is controlled by a fanatical Islamist regime with a half-century record of apocalyptic terrorism, that murders tens of thousands of its own people, openly calls for the destruction of Israel and “death to America,” and continues building ballistic missiles to shield a nuclear program. And let’s be clear—@POTUS never asked Europe to fight with us. All @DonaldTrump wanted was permission to use the airfields and bases we paid for, manned, and maintained to defend Europe. Not troops. Not escalation. Just access. Even that proved too much. Alliances don’t hold when one side sees refuses to help the other. G-d Bless the men and women who keep #America safe and free

@Dougie20057878 Why try and speak for others? Feel free to speak for yourself but you have no mandate for the words you use, it doesn’t represent my thinking. I don’t agree with anything about Iran but I am sick and tired of macho bullying Americans doing half a job

The vast majority of Brits support the U.S. and Israel Starmer and the loonies support Hamas - Hezbollah- ISIS - al qaeda - the IRGC - the IRA - China We are being forced to side with terrorists and the forces of evil History will not judge us well

@LangmanVince Now do the same comparison vs Iran or Afghanistan and tell us you are winning!

The UK and France versus America's military strength! It's not even close!

@RodDMartin You forgot to include income and you will see the US is a nett gainer from NATO. You have fallen for the political propaganda to deflect the attention. The US will never leave NATO because the loss of income would be substantial

What "political influence" when they deny us use of our own bases? And are they going to buy Russian weapons? Chinese? We just blew those up from Caracas to Tehran. Europe feels entitled to our support. We no longer think it gets to. And since we just added $500B to our own defense budget, Boeing doesn't need your purchases.

@toddmh1969 @Mylovanov Who makes money out of NATO? The US so what are you on about. Equally the big corporate military companies sponsor your current administration and no way they will let them leave NATO. So stop believing all the political propaganda and start asking serious questions

@Mylovanov You Euros talk a lot of shit in this thread, but you can not escape that the USA pays 70% of the yearly budget.,,, Y'all are fucked

Kellogg: NATO may need to be redrawn with countries willing to fight, like Japan, Australia, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine, which has proven to be a good ally. Under Article 13, the US could leave NATO with one year’s notice if the alliance no longer works. 1/

@ImtiazMadmood @Lancegooden Wrong, the US makes nett gains out of NATO as most money is spent with US defence companies. They are big corporates who sponsor the US administration and will never allow them to leave. Why do you believe and react to this political propaganda?

Total NATO defense spending (2025): United States: $980,000,000,000 Europe + Canada: $512,337,000,000 That’s not an alliance. That’s a subsidy. President Trump is right. NATO allies can't keep treating American taxpayers like their personal ATM! - @Lancegooden

@BillAckman What has it got to do with you? I could reference your debt, drug problems, firearms, ICE, Canada, Greenland, Israel, government shutdowns but you will tell me everything is perfect in the US and we should learn from you!

Europe is on a path to destroying itself. Unchecked immigration of millions of immigrants that burden their welfare states, bring violence and terrorism to their shores, and take over local governance, one city at a time. Anti-capitalist policies that make it difficult for businesses to adapt their workforces to a rapidly changing competitive environment now accelerating due to AI. A business environment and tax regime that is antithetical to startups. The absence of any progress or innovation in AI and limited access to the compute necessary to compete. Energy dependence due to the green movement at a moment when energy demands are rapidly increasing. And now, the abandonment of the U.S. when we have asked for limited assistance — base access and flyover rights — in the midst of our efforts to eliminate Iran’s nuclear and ballistic threat which is already within striking range of Europe, after we have invested nearly $200 billion in helping Ukraine. NATO is about to be toast. Europe’s defense burden is about to rise massively while their economies continue to fall further and further behind. In short, Europe needs to wake up before it is too late, and it may very well be too late.

@half_tree @connor_stringer @GBNEWS @MartinDaubney And end the Ukraine war in 24 hours but now it’s not his war it’s Europes. When he was running for election I can’t remember him ever saying it’s not his war?

@connor_stringer @GBNEWS @MartinDaubney Europe got the realisation that US under Trump is the unreliable NATO ally a while ago - when he threatened to invade another NATO member in Greenland.

NATO’s unwillingness to join the Iran war or help reopen the Strait of Hormuz has proven to be the last straw for a president who has become fed up with the alliance. Washington now views its European allies as unreliable defence partners. @GBNEWS/ @MartinDaubney

@connor_stringer @GBNEWS @MartinDaubney Only when it suits you. There are so many examples the other way but the silence is deafening. Falklands being one, the US decided to take a neutral view and be mediators.

@Xavier477652469 @riachi_jean I couldn’t agree more

@Anthony260263 @riachi_jean No, quite obviously not, but I don’t see the point of sending our Marines into a kill-box to try to open a Strait that was already open when Trump started his war of choice. Let’s not double down on stupidity.

What is striking today is Europe’s blindness. While the United States confronts a regime that is not driven by ordinary strategic calculations, Europe hesitates, equivocates, and hides behind a façade of prudence. This is not a Cold War–style ideological rivalry. We are dealing with a regime whose worldview is deeply shaped by a theological and eschatological dimension, where political decisions are intertwined with a belief in a quasi-divine mission. Treating such an actor as if it were a purely rational state is a fundamental mistake. History shows that inaction in the face of regimes driven by absolute conviction does not prevent conflict, it only postpones it and makes it worse. Refusing to support the United States today is choosing short-term comfort over long-term security.

@AndrewKolvet And he will end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. You keep believing 🤣😂

President Trump's speech translated: - The US is winning (just shy of we've officially won) - NATO countries that are dependent on the Strait of Hormuz can either buy American energy or clear the strait themselves. - Trump did NOT mention ground troops as some press outlets reported he would (thank goodness). - Trump did not mention Kurdish forces as others predicted. - The war is not over (but he came very close to spiking the football). - 32 days in, TBD on how many more, but probably 2-3 more weeks. - Trump is now signaling publicly that the original objectives have been sufficiently achieved to his liking (no nuclear program, no ballistic missile program etc.) and he's ready to begin the EXIT. - President Trump is reserving the right to define when he's happy with the results and end Operation Epic Fury. It's time to nation build here at home. Let's declare victory and LEAVE.

@provemewrong411 Why? You make money out of NATO and your big corporates sponsor this administration so it will never be allowed to happen. But all this noise and propaganda stops minions like you from asking difficult questions. So many of you are so naive and get played, blind loyalty

U.S. should leave NATO… Thank you for your attention to this matter

@CmiguelGomez @RepGregSteube Stealing? The US makes a nett gain out of NATO and as such they will never leave. The big corporates who sponsor your administration would never allow them.

@RepGregSteube You don’t allow a junkie to keep stealing from you because you knew them before they became a junkie. America cannot allow NATO to keep stealing from us because at one point they were a good alliance.

Europe is doing nothing to secure their oil transport through the Strait. Prices go up worldwide and Americans pay for it… We’re not even reliant on that oil. So why are we in NATO if our “allies” expect us to handle everything?

@PeterMeijer Well you have the right to invoke article 5 but you haven’t

It would behoove our NATO allies to appreciate that this sentiment is *very* widely shared, including amongst erstwhile boosters of trans-Atlantic relations.

@SFC_S_W_Clark @BasedMikeLee We all have opinions and I respect yours

@Anthony260263 @BasedMikeLee I think you got me wrong...I KNOW we won't leave. I KNOW that there's tons of cash generated from NATO support. I KNOW this administration will do nothing about it. But I (my own opinion) want to leave NATO and let it die! Not propaganda, just my opinion, post for all to see.

We’re in an abusive relationship with NATO Let’s leave Pass it on