4 minutes agoTrump"sala"to those who reject America: We spend trillions protecting from Russia, they tell us “JO”
Periskopi(an hour ago)
(an hour ago)US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before his upcoming meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Journalists asked Trump about the warned review of the American military presence in NATO member states, which is being carried out by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, and whether Washington plans to withdraw its forces from Europe.
“We were an excellent member of NATO, in many ways the only true member, certainly the dominant member. We paid trillions of dollars over the years, not billions, but trillions of dollars to protect Europe. When we wanted to know something, and I didn't need help, I was more curious. Let's see if they really show up. And so we asked them to come, and they were not there for us. It's stupid they weren't”, Trump said.
In his speech, Trump specifically attacked outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, accusing him of full inactivity and avoiding allied obligations.
Anyway, Starmer wasn't there and you know what? United Kingdom people didn't like it at all. Starmer said no. In fact, he said something worse than no. He said we'll be there as soon as you win. ) I said: We don't need you after we win. ) Before I went into action, we called him and he said, "Oh, we'll be there. ) We weren't dealing with Winston Churchill, I can guarantee you this. But Starmer said he'd be there, right, Pete? As soon as we win. Once we win, they'll come and help us, okay?
In addition to Great Britain, the American president clearly mentioned other major European countries as bad partners in the Alliance, once again raising the issue of justification for major American contributions to joint protection.
It was really bad. Italy was very bad, and other countries, oh, Germany was very bad. So we spent all this money, I think we spend about 600 billion a year, right? I'd say that's it. The numbers we spend on NATO is absolutely insane, and they weren't there for us. So I tell Pete and everyone else if we spend all this money, hundreds of millions of dollars to protect them, mainly from Russia... Listen, we spend all this money, and then when we might want help with some little stuff and these are little things, it's not that big, it's change they say: No, we prefer not to help. That's a stupid thing to say, because we can tell them the same thing, if we want”, Trump concluded.
