German Chancellor Angela Merkel's expression: “I don't get it.”
(Ich verstehe
es nicht)
NATO (from the
Guardian via MSN)
– Trump vs. the facts formatted below, and related article here — also an excellent rundown and summary):
From Trump:
Claimed
victory at the NATO summit, saying progress had been made on defense spending
after throwing the Brussels meeting into chaos with fresh attacks on European
allies.
He did not
directly say he had threatened to pull out of NATO as some reports say when he
was asked later.
He said at a
surprise press conference before he was due to leave that he only told people
he would be very “unhappy” if spending was not raised.
He claimed
he could pull out of NATO without the approval of Congress.
He said alliance
members had agreed to get to spend 2% of GDP faster than previously and claimed
financial commitments would increase beyond that in the future.
(I Note: The
U.S. pays 3.57% of our GDP – and our GDP is $19 Trillion. FYI: Germany’s GDP
is 3.7T; France’s is 2.5T, and Canada’s is 1.6T – full list is
here so you do the math and do pay 22% of the total NATO bill and that is fair by any count AND not the 90% Trump lied about).
He held a
35-minute press conference at NATO HQ wherein he seemed to contradict his own earlier
criticism of NATO and European member states.
He said the U.S.
commitment to NATO “remained very strong” and “the fantastic meeting of the
alliance members had demonstrated a great collegial spirit.”
He took
credit for the summit saying: “NATO is much stronger now than it was two days
ago.”
(I note:
Trump, typically in his warped mind and style, was implying that the “fantastic
meeting” was only due to his rants and rages and deal making skills).
Now the Truth:
Other
delegations and NATO officials contradicted what Trump said happened.
They said he
had not secured any significant concessions.
They said their
defense spending plans remained basically the same as they had been before the
summit.
French
president Emmanuel Macron denied Trump’s claim that NATO powers agreed to
increase defense spending beyond previous targets (from 2% to 4%).
They
scrapped a series of planned conferences and bilateral meetings following Trump’s
outbursts as most of the European leaders struggled to respond.
Both UK PM Theresa
May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel cancelled their press conferences.
My 2 cents: So, what is the B/L – even if that possible
with Trump?
First of all and paramount: He cannot be believed or trusted
about anything he says or proposes.
Second: He will backstab anyone about anything that
does not please him.
Third: Then after all the chaos and turmoil as
discussed above from NATO, he will just like there, “claim victory.”
All that was on schedule for this, his biggest TV reality
show, and any forthcoming segment to be aired on his timetable – then the whole
damn process starts all over again until the next show.
And, now a station break and a few words from his sponsors –
his lackey aides who will clarity what he meant to say and that the public did
not really hear from his own mouth or string of tweets.
Fact: Trump has zero credibility, no honor, total lack of dignity,
zero finesse, and no political skills or even basic knowledge of government or
laws or rules of any kind except how to lie 24/7 and con people.
Darker days lie ahead with this man in office – shame on
us.
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