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@AlTa18498 @atc1249 @Gianl1974 No, because the US will be on the aggressor’s side

It comes down to one simple truth, forget the funding. Can The European union defeat an allied invasion of enemies ( Russia, China , Iran , N. Korea) without the United States? History tells us otherwise and it looks like a silent invasion has already taken place particularly in Spain, the UK and France and you have stood by and let it happen such that your European culture isn’t European anymore. Live with that.

𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣'𝗦 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗧 Donald Trump has spent years selling Americans the same NATO grievance: that the United States is being exploited while Europe gets security on the cheap. It is one of his most effective political lines. It is also one that begins to unravel the moment you examine how NATO's common funding actually works. 𝗔 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗢𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱 Every successful grift needs a convincing story. Trump's goes like this: America carries NATO while Europe freeloads. Washington pays the bills. Europeans enjoy the protection. Americans get taken advantage of by allies who should know better. It is compelling. It is endlessly repeatable. And it collapses entirely under scrutiny. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗲 NATO's common budget is calculated using an agreed formula based on national income. Every member pays according to what their economy can bear. That is the stated principle of the alliance. 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙨: ▪️ The United States - GDP $28.75 trillion contributes $836 million to NATO. ▪️ Germany - GDP $4.69 trillion, one sixth the size of America's contributes $836 million to NATO. ▪️ Britain - GDP $3.69 trillion, one eighth the size of America's contributes $578 million to NATO. That is not burden-sharing. That is the world's largest economy securing the cheapest proportional deal at the table and then spending a decade telling its voters it was being robbed. 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙭𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖. 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 If a billionaire and a nurse donate the same amount to charity, the billionaire is not the generous one. The nurse is. The sacrifice is not measured in dollars. It is measured in what those dollars cost. That is NATO. Britain and Germany are the nurse. America is the billionaire - contributing the same amount from a vastly larger fortune, then demanding recognition for its generosity. Proportionally, European allies are carrying a heavier burden than Washington. The burden-sharing argument only works if you deliberately ignore what each country can actually afford. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗜𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝘁 𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗹 This arrangement did not happen by accident or oversight. The common funding formula was negotiated, agreed, and signed off by American officials across multiple administrations. Washington sat at the table. Washington accepted the terms. Trump did not inherit an unfair deal. He inherited an exceptionally cheap one - maximum strategic leverage at minimum proportional cost. Rather than acknowledge this, he repackaged a favourable arrangement as exploitation and sold it to his voters as victimhood. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙩. 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮. 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 NATO delivers something no defence budget can purchase outright legitimate global leadership. The alliance is the institutional framework through which American power is projected, validated, and accepted by the rest of the world. Europe is not simply funding its own defence. It is part-funding the political architecture of American global influence. Meanwhile, European defence budgets are rising sharply in response to genuine Russian aggression - the very threat NATO exists to counter. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘁 Germany matches America's contribution from an economy six times smaller. Britain carries a proportionally heavier load from an economy eight times smaller. The United States secured the best deal at the table and built a political career pretending otherwise.

@miaaowing It is just a matter of cursor positioning. You just get the habit to place it behind of what you want to delete. I rarely need the delete key on a Mac.

how the fuck do you mac nerds live without a dedicated delete key im losing my mind here

@McFaul Why do so many not understand that Europe does not want to participate in this senseless war?

I regret that some NATO allies are denying us access to our bases in their countries. I also regret that the US president threatened to invade and annex NATO countries. This ridiculous Trump policy is obviously negatively impacting our national security now. I hope both of these issues within NATO can be overcome soon.

@CogitoInGa @McFaul Have you already forgotten about Canada? The brain rot is strong in Trump appeasers.

@McFaul Trump didn't threaten to invade and annex NATO "countries." He threatened Greenland, one territory of one country. It was idiotic for Trump to do that but quit acting like he was massing forces to attack London and Paris.

@CDR23877 @BoringBattlecry @Harrisbro777 You mean like the Russians do in Ukraine? Oh wait! You only play the morals card if it suits you.

@BoringBattlecry @Harrisbro777 Guess y’all don’t give a damn about the regime’s murder of 10s of thousands of its own citizens, ICBMs with range to attack your major cities or uranium enrichment. Can you get anything right?

FRANCE JUST SIDED WITH RUSSIA AND CHINA AGAINST THE US AT THE UN France is a NATO ally. A NATO ally just blocked an American resolution at the United Nations. Alongside Russia. Alongside China. The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of the world's oil. Iran has shut it down for US and Israeli ships. Nobody at the UN will authorize force to reopen it. Not even America's own ally. Hours after France blocked the vote, Iran let a French ship through the strait. France cut a deal with Iran behind America's back. Let that sink in.

@1ssve You are doing something wrong.

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@DarioMesaros13 @zeevrosenberg Wieso glauben Sie das?

@GeorgLF @zeevrosenberg Ich glaube eher das Europa die NATO zerstören will.

🇺🇸 Trump stellt die NATO offen infrage Wer so über die NATO spricht, testet keine Schlagzeile. Wer so spricht, testet die Statik des Westens. Trump nennt das Bündnis einen „Papiertiger“ und sagt laut Daily Telegraph, ein US-Austritt sei inzwischen „mehr als nur eine erneute Prüfung“. Der Auslöser: Europas fehlende Unterstützung für den US-Kurs gegen Iran. Das ist kein Nebensatz. Das ist eine Drohung mit globaler Sprengkraft. Reuters berichtet ebenfalls über die Aussage und den wachsenden Riss zwischen Washington und europäischen Verbündeten. Wenn die USA die NATO nur noch als Zweckgemeinschaft auf Abruf sehen, wird aus Abschreckung Unsicherheit. Moskau schaut dabei sehr genau zu und lächelt. #Trump #NATO #USA #Europa #Geopolitik #DailyTelegraph

@politerei @bundeskanzler Glückwunsch an Putin, Trump. Trump hat IMMER gesagt er würde NATO Staaten nicht helfen. Das ist nicht neu. US ist schon lange kein Freund mehr.

Damit ist die Nato tot. Glückwunsch, Herr @bundeskanzler!

@artursorin @Demoguardian Afghanistan, Irak. Schon vergessen? Einerseits erklären sie seit JAHREN die NATO im Ernstfall nicht zu unterstützen, Andererseits brauchen sie Zugang. Die USA sind nich mehr unsere Freunde. Das zeigen sie täglich. Die halten zu Russland.

@Demoguardian Was ist der Nutzen für die USA bei dieser Konstellation? Das ist es, was Rubio fragt.

Aus der Sicht der USA völlig nachvollziehbar.

@EberleSebastian Sich nicht in Trumps sinnlosen Krieg reinziehen lassen? Sie wollen wahrscheinlich den 3. Weltkrieg. DANKE den Mittelmeerstaaten, daß die Europa nicht in den Krieg schicken. Die NATO hat USA längst verloren. Trump würde das Agreement nicht einhalten. Das sagt er seit Jahren.

🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 spielen mit dem Feuer. Werden die Mittelmeerstaaten zu den Totengräbern der NATO? Sich nicht am Krieg gegen das iranische Terror-Regime zu beteiligen, ist das eine. Ihn aber aktiv zu sabotieren, indem man den 🇺🇸 die Nutzung ihrer Basen verweigert, ist etwas anderes.

@wofhellsing983 @RKontingen95821 @welt Sicher ein Putin Fan.

@RKontingen95821 @welt wie realitätsfern bist du eigentlich? Lass mich raten. AfD Wähler?

Nato darf für USA „keine Einbahnstraße sein“ – Rubio stellt Zusammenarbeit infrage to.welt.de/NgrqZ1o

@FalkTG Sie lügen!

Er hat Recht.

@ContrarianOwl @akoz33 Putin wants NATO destroyed. Trump does what Putin ordered.

@akoz33 100% Trump tested NATO. It failed

Europe has inadvertently destroyed the argument that the U.S. does not need sovereignty over Greenland because of NATO and a defense agreement with Denmark.

@MrKnesss @alexjohnchandl1 @acnewsitics I don’t agree with your lies. I agree that you leave.

@GeorgLF @alexjohnchandl1 @acnewsitics So you just agreed with my original point, not sure what the argument was about

For the poorly educated, NATO is a mutual defense organization. NATO is not an offensive organization that can be heisted for Trump's war of choice.

@MrKnesss @alexjohnchandl1 @acnewsitics Yes, please go away. We don’t need ‘allies’ that threaten us, harm us, and crash our economy.

@GeorgLF @alexjohnchandl1 @acnewsitics I’m talking about going forward

@MrKnesss @alexjohnchandl1 @acnewsitics Another lie. European bases are used for wars in the middle east.

European bases that were used to control and defend Europe now exist solely to protect Europe. We can have individual agreements with some European countries if we want to stay there. As for your other point, there’s no cost if, in the end, America takes over (economically or otherwise) Venezuela, Cuba, and Greenland. Canada is going to turn Chinese, Muslim, communist, or just fall apart altogether, which will most likely make it our territory as well. We’ll be ok

@MrKnesss @acnewsitics You are not financing it. Stop the lies.

@acnewsitics Well then, since we are financing it for mutual defense and get zero value from it, does it make sense for us to pull out and use the money somewhere else?

Since NATO was founded in 1949, the US has been involved in 20+ military conflicts — more than all other NATO members combined. Korea. Vietnam. Grenada. Panama. Gulf War. Somalia. Iraq. Afghanistan. Libya. Syria. Now Iran. Most of these weren't NATO operations. They were American choices. And now the US — currently at war alongside Israel against Iran — is demanding Europe contribute more to "collective defense." Defense of what? American foreign policy decisions Europe never agreed to? NATO is a mutual defense pact, not a blank check for endless American wars in the Middle East.