Gonna be as isolated at North Korea by the end of this administration. As trusted too.

Except they have the largest nuclear arsenal and the world biggest navy. They can't be ignored.

So fucking hyped for this

He's preparing to attack the Baltics.

Hey, you know how much money they spend on having this bases? Some regions depend on it.

On the other hand... I think Trump and his mad posse wouldn't risc being such bigmouths without their Bases in Turkey or Ramstein.

Also their level of megalomanic moronity makes me fear that when the USA leaves Nato it would start attacking the rest of the world. Canada and Mexico first. Then they would find "justifications" to raid through middle america and "bring idiocrazy" to south america. Reinstating slavery for everyone that ain't "a good godfearing white patriot"... Because... the white race is superiour and needs Lebensraum.... Oh god, I've heard that shit all over in history class when I grew up in Germany in the 1970ies...

Please, anyone stop them now!!!

Unfortunately, that's not how Imperial Presidencies work.

Yes, but what's the point? Nobody listens to France anyway, we are irrelevant. The only way to push our ideas is if somehow the EU embrace them.

And then we've got our own issues (doing nothing climate-related, lack of financing for science, nazi ideas getting popular, etc...).

I dont know. maybe to help them get ready or look like he's doing so?

Probably because they want those 5% GDP spent for contracts with the 'murican military industrial complex.

It was a talking point that Trump had in his first term. He tends not to let go of bad ideas once they get into his head.

At the time, people didn't take it seriously. With the Ukraine War, Europe feels like it has to now. But it's going to be domestic production, not paying US MIC companies like Trump was thinking.

If you think Drumpf may be a Pootin asset, then it makes perfect sense. Spending more GDP on defense usually makes the incumbent party less popular, which may create opportunity for russia leaning candidates. Obviously, this would weaken NATO. NATO countries go along with Drumpf because they really still hold some hope that USA won't leave the fold. They are still in the Denial stage of mourning. Anyway, events in Ukraine have shown that more GDP spending on military is pretty much essential for any country within range of ruzzia.

This is what I don't get about their plan to take over the US. It won't work because it will cost everyone money, the people they are ultimately beholden to will lose out because of actions they chose to take.

As soon as the consequences become apparent interest in project 2025 is going to drop off a cliff.

NATO is a defensive alliance so the only thing a US veto would do is prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. But that wouldn't happen until the war is over, and it doesn't look like that's going to happen until Russia's economy collapses. At that point Russia won't be a threat for awhile so kick the US out, add Ukraine as a member since Ukraine would be a stronger ally than the US anyway.

You're confusing NATO with the UN.

Next is Canada and Greenland, then on to Europe where I will meet big daddy Putin in the middle.

Thanks to nato, america been bombing and organizing coup in ton of countriea with impunity.

Just when I warmed up to the idea that NATO was a necessary evil to counter Putin's worse evil.

Between this and USAID I can't say I'm unhappy about it. Of course dismantling imperialism is a good thing, but I also don't understand. The republicans should be all about illegal invasions, bombing civilians, and installing puppet dictators, so they should love USAID and NATO, yet here we are. Is this just incompetence?

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Yes it is

He doesn't want you to fix your part of the deal. He wants a reason to complain about the deal.

"Keep 'em guessing". You have to understand Trump is not a statesman. It's that simple. He views everything as a one-to-one personal power dynamic in the context of some silly real estate deal about which restaurant supplier to choose for the crispy tortilla shells.

I don't think he understands the ramifications beyond a contract he won't respect or some clever insult he can hurl.

Spending more on defense is the republican thing it matters to them more than anything else so it does not matter at all if we even need it.