Germany Rejects Trump’s Claim It Owes NATO And U.S. ‘Vast Sums’ For Defense

[2aguy]

“There is no debt account at NATO,” Germany’s Minister Of Defence said.

BERLIN, March 19 (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States “vast sums” of money for defense.

“There is no debt account at NATO,” von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance’s target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO.

“Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism,” von der Leyen said.

She said everyone wanted the burden to be shared fairly and for that to happen it was necessary to have a “modern security concept” that included a modern NATO but also a European defense union and investment in the United Nations.

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So, is Trump lying - again?

It does them along with many other NATO countries are required by treaty to spend something around 4% on defense. They have not and relied on the United States to in a way subsidize that cost for them, in other words the US has this, we don't have to spend that much.

They have to rely on us....if they actually had to fund their own military, it would mean cutting back on their social welfare programs....

 

[Camp]

What are the dead German soldiers worth that got killed in Afghanistan after the Germans granted our request for troops to go there and help us out? How do those dead and injured guys equate to trump nato dollar evaluations? Do the funds they spend in helping us out in our wars count as "nato" funds or are those funds separate?

 

[sakinago]

Anybody who contradicts Trump has the weight of credibility heavily on their side.
Thats just a result of his inability to tell the truth.

Where are your facts that trump is lying about this issue

 

[WillowTree]

Instead of accusing trump of lying why don't ewe libtards tells us what the truth is?

One must be mentally equipped to process truth.

Well, that leaves you out in the snow bank.

 

[L.K.Eder]

“There is no debt account at NATO,” Germany’s Minister Of Defence said.

BERLIN, March 19 (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States “vast sums” of money for defense.

“There is no debt account at NATO,” von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance’s target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO.

“Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism,” von der Leyen said.

She said everyone wanted the burden to be shared fairly and for that to happen it was necessary to have a “modern security concept” that included a modern NATO but also a European defense union and investment in the United Nations.

More: Germany Rejects Trump's Claim It Owes NATO And U.S. 'Vast Sums' For Defense

So, is Trump lying - again?

Lakota, you stupid fucking dimestore Indian, you are such an un-American coil of dog shit! It is beyond doubt that in the past 20 years the US has disproportionately "shared" the financial burdens of international security. Stop being such a dishonest douche,

the poor things. they do a lot to make the world safe for all of us. we should be thankful. lol.

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

As usual, Trump is correct!

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

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[toomuchtime_]

“There is no debt account at NATO,” Germany’s Minister Of Defence said.

BERLIN, March 19 (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States “vast sums” of money for defense.

“There is no debt account at NATO,” von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance’s target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO.

“Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism,” von der Leyen said.

She said everyone wanted the burden to be shared fairly and for that to happen it was necessary to have a “modern security concept” that included a modern NATO but also a European defense union and investment in the United Nations.

More: Germany Rejects Trump's Claim It Owes NATO And U.S. 'Vast Sums' For Defense

So, is Trump lying - again?

Bullshit. Merkel said Germany will be paying its fair share of NATO costs, 2% of its GDP, by 2024, implicitly acknowledging that Germany remains a deadbeat nation until 2024. Only five of the 28 members of NATO pay their fair shares now, the US, UK, Greece, Poland and Estonia. Don't the other members take NATO seriously? Or are they convinced they can continue to fleece US tax payers to pick up their tabs?