{"id":158672,"date":"2024-07-08T14:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=158672"},"modified":"2024-07-08T14:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:03:05","slug":"trump-proofing-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=158672","title":{"rendered":"Trump-proofing NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Donald Trump threatened to leave NATO, he did so as a negotiation ploy. Trump took issue with many NATO countries not spending the agreed percentage of GDP on their military. Money not spent on the military became available to fund things like subsidizing industry. Thus, not wanting the Europeans to continue to take the U.S. for a bunch of suckers, Donald Trump threatened to leave the alliance. Trump also reportedly told a NATO country leader that he would let Russia “do whatever it wanted” to a NATO country that didn’t meet its military spending goal. However, Western media is spinning this as if Donald Trump wants out of NATO.<\/p>\n

From Associated Press:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Even before the debate, European governments were deep in consultations on what they could do to ensure that NATO, Western support for Ukraine and the security of individual NATO countries will endure should Trump win back the presidency in November and temper U.S. contributions.<\/p>\n

Some Americans and Europeans call it “Trump-proofing” NATO — or “future-proofing” it when the political advances of far-right political blocs in Europe are factored in.<\/p>\n

This week’s summit, held in the city where the mutual-defense alliance was founded in 1949, was once expected to be a celebration of NATO’s endurance. Now, a European official said, it looks “gloomy.”<\/p>\n

There are two reasons for the gloom: Russian advances on the battlefield in the months that Trump-allied congressional Republicans delayed U.S. arms and funding to Ukraine. And the possibility of far-right governments unfriendly to NATO coming to power.<\/p>\n

The official spoke to reporters last week on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations among governments.<\/p>\n

Rachel Rizzo, a senior fellow on NATO with the nonpartisan think tank the Atlantic Council, says she has a blunt message for Europeans: “Freaking out about a second Trump term helps no one.”<\/p>\n

For allies at the summit, she said, the key will be resisting the temptation to dwell on the details of unprecedented events in U.S. politics and put their heads down on readying Western military aid for Ukraine and preparing for any lessening of U.S. support.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Knickmeyer, E. (2024, July 8). Can you ‘Trump-proof’ NATO? As Biden falters, Europeans look to safeguard the military alliance. Associated Press<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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