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hap, If you had a lifelong financially supportive friend who suddenly bailed on you, you would
have to adjust. In Trump's case he gets no credit at all for how he has handled things.

Trump is pushing NATO allies to spend more on defense. But so did Obama and Bush

Published Wed, Jul 11 20186:24 PM EDTUpdated Thu, Jul 12 20181:11 PM EDT

Christina Wilkie
@christinawilkie

* Both former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama regularly expressed frustration with NATO member countries for not spending more of their budgets on defense.

* Under Bush, NATO deployed to Afghanistan to defend the United States after 9/11. Under Obama, Russian aggression in Ukraine took center stage.

* What makes Trump different is how central defense spending is to his sense of NATO’s overall worth. It’s an approach that’s complicated by his misleading rhetoric about countries “owing” the United States money.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/obama-and-bush-also-pressed-nato-allies-to-spend-more-on-defense.html

See also: hap, The world sees Trump threatening long-held alliances. You
helped elect him. You are applauding his trashing of friendships:
UK has fingers in its ears over Trump’s defense threat
[...]‘We’ll determine our defence policy’: Albanese responds to US push...
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176272197

And how sick a comment was this:

Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills
12 February 2024 James FitzGerald
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68266447