Im starting to warm up to this Trump guy... he seems to be staying Constitutional - so far. I read a piece written on the subject by Karen Vaughn, a very stand up lady, Ill post the text as a discussion in a short. She gets it exactly correct.

I think that the other countries should pay their fair share, and not expect us to do it all.

Me dino thinks of Trump as a riled wild bull in the Deep State's china shop.
Bad Hair Day ain't perfect but I really appreciate him anyway.

And Woo-woo-woo-Warren and that Blumenthal creep~
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/ny...
It's Jackass Party voters who hang on to such clowns.

Me dino can't leave stuff alone~
Darth Chucky sounds Star Wars At Child's Play

The are so used to trade and foreign policy that attacks the citizens of this great country and resembles a toilet flush.
To me Trump is the opposite , a clean gushing mountain spring of cool fresh water.

I agree. What is also interesting is that they are more than willing to place tariffs and import restrictions on US goods, but object when we do it to them! Try exporting cheese to the EU - it can't happen. Same with wine. Even automobiles are a tough sell.

I thought it was "Darth Chuck". Sounds more "Star Wars"...doesn't it?

Agreed, blarman, but defense isn't the only factor. The increasingly socialist EU is starting to need other peoples money more and more and had a pipeline to the tune of $150 billion trade dollars annually from the US and Trump is squeezing down on that one way flow as well. It's going to be interesting to see how this turns out. MAGA!

"Sliding Specs Darth Schumer"...now that's funny! The Left has disliked NATO for years. Now that Trump wants to make NATO accountable, the Left claims to be NATO's best friend. These idiots deserve Nutty Nancy and Mad Maxine.

We shall see if their pledge means something other that diddley squat. Trump has a way of getting what he wants in a negotiation. It's not always apparent, however, what he actually wants. In most negotiation one should always ask for more and settles for less which what he wanted to begin with.

While there are some things to dislike about Trump, one thing I do thoroughly enjoy about him is that he doesn't allow the looters to fake reality.

Europe has its wealth and freedom to lose by having Russia take them over. Russia isnt going to take over the USA- its too far away to actually control on an ongoing basis.

So, defense against Russia is much more important to Europe than to the USA. Russia could destroy the USA, but not really take it over. The people here are much too difficult to control (at least the deplorable half) than socialist europeans. In fact the Soviet union couldnt even melt the satellite countries it DID control into mother Russia.

Imagine the USA trying to take over any one of the European countries and managing it like a colony !!! Pretty much impossible.

Therefore, Trump is right that the other local countries should be shouldering the burden for local defense. Why do we spend $700 billion to defend them.

Merkel is kind of an idiot making big deals from Russia. Maybe she wants to be part of Russia like she wanted to be part of the middle east.

We generally are unaware of the dealings going on behind the scenes. My brother (now deceased) was suckered into running for a congressional seat in California in the late 1970's. As people running for office do he thought he had a chance to win - until he approached the chairman of the local party who informed him they (Democraps) did not want to win that seat. It was part of the deal with R's to keep that seat so they could maintain the 'balance.' Current politicians have worked out a system to keep the spoils amongst themselves so an outsider like Trump really upsets their plan. Only rarely do 'we the people' actually throw a wrench into their plan by electing someone not of the anointed class.

GREAT NEWS! Now, what about the Asian Countries? Japan and Korea.

Thanks for making that excellent point, blarman. A la Reagan.

A big part of the devolution of Europe into feckless socialism is due to the U.S. allowing them to avoid spending money on defending themselves. After 2 world wars, this may have been reasonable. Europe used the largess of this windfall to fund Socialism. As usual, “other people’s money”, i.e. U.S. dollars, is running out and Socialism fails. The interesting conundrum is that Europe and the one world order folks do not see that trying to destroy the U.S. will speed up their own demise. Who will fund Europe’s defense when the U.S. turns socialist? Alas, Europe may return to warring feudalism or just be taken over by the first country to offer capital for control. China?

I held my nose and voted for Trump because he was better than the alternative.....I can't believe how fabulous he has turned out to be.. What a fricking Rock Star! Who would u thunk it....a president who tells our "Partners" to "Get with the program" instead of kissing behind.

This is also the way to hurry the downfall of socialism. Nations can not spend as much as they do on social welfare programs without taxing their people to the point of slowing their economies and taking money away from the legitimate uses of government such as maintaining national identity (borders & security). By pressing the socialist nations of Europe to "provide for the common defense" they must necessarily decrease social spending (a good thing) or go bankrupt. Though I am hesitant to credit Trump for such a farsighted move, I will definitely support the intent!

We finally have a president that puts America first. No more being Chump City..

Thus Trump's (ineloquent) description of Germany as a puppet to Russia.

To look presidential to the Left, a presidenti is to fawningly bow, apologize for the USA's very existence, toss around megabucks to appease and to allow all allies to run over us.
Oh, yeah, and to let enemies laugh at us as they beat us in trade is to be Lefty/.RINO presidential also.
Just ask Nutty Nancy and Sliding Specs Darth Schumer.

Wow, we elected someone who is doing what he promised... OMG we could actually be SAVED as a country.

I don't understand the complaints either. And the STUPIDITY of Germany getting rid of Nukes, to become dependent on a pipeline.
Bug dig deeper, and Trump called out the PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATOR as the person who is personally benefiting from this bad
decisions. GOOD FOR HIM!

I'll bet he's never been a member of very many "boards". When you say what you mean and expect action you don't get invited to be a part of very many. Good for him. He's doing exactly what's needed!

"Trump has no problem telling countries like it is, unlike any previous president."
It is a complaint that Trump doesn't act Presidential. I say good , I don't like any that have acted Presidential. Look at the results.#MAGA