Trump ponders if the US were attacked, would NATO respond?

[Say it aint so]

“You know the biggest problem I have with NATO? I really, I mean, I know the guys very well. They’re friends of mine. But if the United States was in trouble, and we called them, we said, ‘We got a problem, France. We got a problem, couple of others I won’t mention. Do you think they’re going to come and protect us?’ They’re supposed to. I’m not so sure.” --Trump (Military.com)​

Never mind the only time Article 5 was invoked one day later when the US was attacked on 9/11.
I am also sure "couple of others I won't mention" is because he couldn't name the rest. Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV.
Kind of like it's the foreign countries that pay the tariffs, Donald Trump is by far the most ill informed president in American history.

 

[High Fidelity]

The last and only time a NATO member called for aid, NATO responded. That country was the USA, at the cost of billions upon billions, and thousands of lost lives.

 

[Vambram]

Military.com is a left leaning website. I have been receiving and reading email newsletters from that website for many years. I read the article of the OP & saw the globalist spin in it. What the author of the article failed to do in his analysis is recognize that President Trump is, once again, using a strong negotiating technique in order to persuade more NATO nations to pay more of their own national economy into military defense spending. President Trump is also using, once again, this negotiating tactic to try to get more favorable trading agreements for the USA.

 

[Say it aint so]

Military.com is a left leaning website. I have been receiving and reading email newsletters from that website for many years. I read the article of the OP & saw the globalist spin in it. What the author of the article failed to do in his analysis is recognize that President Trump is, once again, using a strong negotiating technique in order to persuade more NATO nations to pay more of their own national economy into military defense spending. President Trump is also using, once again, this negotiating tactic to try to get more favorable trading agreements for the USA.

ABC
Florida Sun Times.
The Denver Post
Trump himself who has no clue NATO did defend the US:

Ignorance is not a strong negotiating tactic.

 

[trophy33]

...using a strong negotiating technique in order to persuade more NATO nations to pay more...

Did he say "thank you", though?

 

[trophy33]

President Trump is also using, once again, this negotiating tactic to try to get more favorable trading agreements for the USA.

Actually, Europe starts to be uncertain whether to buy the military equipment from the USA. The unreliability of the USA seems to be a security risk, mainly for weapons that need an access to the US satellites or regular software updates.

For example in Germany and in Switzerland, there are voices to cancel the F-35 purchase.

(S+) Ökonom Schularick über Aufrüstung: »Wir brauchen wohl eher eine Million Drohnen als 2000 neue Panzer«

Der Ökonom Moritz Schularick hat jene Milliardenkredite vorgeschlagen, die Schwarz-Rot jetzt umsetzen will. Hier sagt er, wofür er das Geld ausgeben – und warum er bereits georderte US-Kampfjets wieder abbestellen würde.

www.spiegel.de

«Teurer Fehler»: Ökonom rät Deutschland vom Kauf der F-35A-Jets von den USA ab

Deutschland plant, Milliarden in seine Verteidigung zu investieren. Ein Ökonom sieht den bereits getätigten Kauf der F-35A-Kampfjets als Fehler. Die USA seien als Partner unzuverlässig.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

 

[Fantine]

Military.com is a left leaning website. I have been receiving and reading email newsletters from that website for many years. I read the article of the OP & saw the globalist spin in it. What the author of the article failed to do in his analysis is recognize that President Trump is, once again, using a strong negotiating technique in order to persuade more NATO nations to pay more of their own national economy into military defense spending. President Trump is also using, once again, this negotiating tactic to try to get more favorable trading agreements for the USA.

5 NATO countries already contribute more per capita to NATO.
Trump's friendship with NATO's and the free world's worst enemy--is making Europe distrustful, unsure whether Trump will side with Putin against them.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Military.com is a left leaning website. I have been receiving and reading email newsletters from that website for many years. I read the article of the OP & saw the globalist spin in it.

The OP is just a direct quote from Trump - the source of that quote isn't really relevant, unless you think it was taken out of context (and it doesn't seem to be).

 

[Vambram]

5 NATO countries already contribute more per capita to NATO.
Trump's friendship with NATO's and the free world's worst enemy--is making Europe distrustful, unsure whether Trump will side with Putin against them.

Saying that the Commander in Chief of the US military would actually side with Putin against NATO or the EU is hyperbolic exaggeration in my opinion and my experience.

 

[Belk]

Military.com is a left leaning website. I have been receiving and reading email newsletters from that website for many years. I read the article of the OP & saw the globalist spin in it. What the author of the article failed to do in his analysis is recognize that President Trump is, once again, using a strong negotiating technique in order to persuade more NATO nations to pay more of their own national economy into military defense spending. President Trump is also using, once again, this negotiating tactic to try to get more favorable trading agreements for the USA.

Military.com - Bias and Credibility

LEAST BIASED These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or

mediabiasfactcheck.com

Sure it is.

 

[Vambram]

The OP is just a direct quote from Trump - the source of that quote isn't really relevant, unless you think it was taken out of context (and it doesn't seem to be).

I was referring specifically to the opinion writer's analysis inside the OP article.

 

[Vambram]

Military.com - Bias and Credibility

LEAST BIASED These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or

mediabiasfactcheck.com

Sure it is.

Media bias fact check ain't a neutral website.

 

[Say it aint so]

5 NATO countries already contribute more per capita to NATO.
Trump's friendship with NATO's and the free world's worst enemy--is making Europe distrustful, unsure whether Trump will side with Putin against them.

One can take the Five Eyes, a intelligence sharing community consisting of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Suppose you were one of those countries other than the US who came upon some intelligence critical of Putin.
Would you share that with the Trump admin?

 

[RocksInMyHead]

I was referring specifically to the opinion writer's analysis inside the OP article.

The writer's analysis doesn't appear to be the topic of the thread. What are your own thoughts on Trump's statement about NATO and Article 5?

 

[Vambram]

Actually, Europe starts to be uncertain whether to buy the military equipment from the USA. The unreliability of the USA seems to be a security risk, mainly for weapons that need an access to the US satellites or regular software updates.

For example in Germany and in Switzerland, there are voices to cancel the F-35 purchase.

(S+) Ökonom Schularick über Aufrüstung: »Wir brauchen wohl eher eine Million Drohnen als 2000 neue Panzer«

Der Ökonom Moritz Schularick hat jene Milliardenkredite vorgeschlagen, die Schwarz-Rot jetzt umsetzen will. Hier sagt er, wofür er das Geld ausgeben – und warum er bereits georderte US-Kampfjets wieder abbestellen würde.

www.spiegel.de

«Teurer Fehler»: Ökonom rät Deutschland vom Kauf der F-35A-Jets von den USA ab

Deutschland plant, Milliarden in seine Verteidigung zu investieren. Ein Ökonom sieht den bereits getätigten Kauf der F-35A-Kampfjets als Fehler. Die USA seien als Partner unzuverlässig.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

If they don't buy F-35s, then I wish them good luck in finding a modern fighter that can do everything an F-35 can do.

 

[Say it aint so]

I was referring specifically to the opinion writer's analysis inside the OP article.

I was referring to the fact Trump has no idea NATO has defended us already.

 

[Vambram]

One can take the Five Eyes, a intelligence sharing community consisting of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Suppose you were one of those countries other than the US who came upon some intelligence critical of Putin.
Would you share that with the Trump admin?

Absolutely, YES.

 

[Vambram]

I was referring to the fact Trump has no idea NATO has defended us already.

Trump didn't say that at all.

 

[Say it aint so]

Absolutely, YES.

The only way they even might is to find a way to get it to the US, with the exclusion of Trump.
Israel fears sharing intelligence with U.S. due to Trump's rapprochement with Putin
Allies Assess What Intelligence They Can Still Share With Trump
European official to AP: Country might stop sharing intel with U.S.

Trump is literally a security risk to the United States.

 

[Say it aint so]

Trump didn't say that at all.

Of course he didn't say he has no idea. He demonstrated he has no idea.