'Cool it,' France and Germany to tell Trump at NATO talks

[Sujo]

46 minutes ago, wayned said:

Trump cancels a press conference and leaves Nato meeting after hearing Canadian PM Trudeau mocking him.  Poor baby!

Haha acting like a snowflake. Dishes it out but cant take it

[impulse]

1 hour ago, GreasyFingers said:

My history books tell me it was Japan that invaded China before that. Are they wrong.

 

 I think you've lost the plot.  Look at the question you asked...

 

[candide]

2 hours ago, wayned said:

Trump cancels a press conference and leaves Nato meeting after hearing Canadian PM Trudeau mocking him.  Poor baby!

In case he went to London to relax after the impeachment stress, it's a fail. ????

[JDGRUEN]

The headline of this article is "over the top" inaccurate. All it seems they did was to do what President Trump asked them to do.  Headline writers trying to achieve what was not done. 

[wayned]

1 hour ago, JDGRUEN said:

The headline of this article is "over the top" inaccurate. All it seems they did was to do what President Trump asked them to do.  Headline writers trying to achieve what was not done. 

What Trump keeps saying indicates that he doesn't have a clue about NATO funding nor does he understand the NATO Alliance or their charter.  First as far as funding, the members only "pay" a small amount for the upkeep of the NATO headquarters and their permanent staff.  The 2% GDP is not a payment, it is a commitment that the member country will commit 2% for there GDP to dedicated military in support of NATO. Granted the members committing 2% has increased from  only 3 to 9 since the start of his rants.  In addition he rants about the Kurds not fighting  during WWII is an example of his complete lack of understanding as the Kurds do not have their own country, they were/are part of Turkey and Turkey was neutral during WWII. In addition he turned a simple news short conference after a meeting with one of the members into a 42 minute campaign rally.  A rally for re-election in 2020 on foreign soil and then left in a huff when he was openly criticized by other world leaders..  He doesn't give a <self deleted> about NATO and could care less if they dissolved tomorrow. If that happened he would try to spin it into a positive for him with the help of his un-fake  colleagues on FOX, not FOX News but FOX Trump Reality Sho; Pirro, Hannity, and all. All he cares about is  Donald Trump!

[Scott]

Bickering post removed.   Please stay on topic.

 

[melvinmelvin]

2 hours ago, wayned said:

What Trump keeps saying indicates that he doesn't have a clue about NATO funding nor does he understand the NATO Alliance or their charter.  First as far as funding, the members only "pay" a small amount for the upkeep of the NATO headquarters and their permanent staff.  The 2% GDP is not a payment, it is a commitment that the member country will commit 2% for there GDP to dedicated military in support of NATO. Granted the members committing 2% has increased from  only 3 to 9 since the start of his rants.  In addition he rants about the Kurds not fighting  during WWII is an example of his complete lack of understanding as the Kurds do not have their own country, they were/are part of Turkey and Turkey was neutral during WWII. In addition he turned a simple news short conference after a meeting with one of the members into a 42 minute campaign rally.  A rally for re-election in 2020 on foreign soil and then left in a huff when he was openly criticized by other world leaders..  He doesn't give a <self deleted> about NATO and could care less if they dissolved tomorrow. If that happened he would try to spin it into a positive for him with the help of his un-fake  colleagues on FOX, not FOX News but FOX Trump Reality Sho; Pirro, Hannity, and all. All he cares about is  Donald Trump!

 

and that 2% bit,

that is a agreed goal/objective to be reached within the year 2024 the latest

 

having said that, Trump has hardly grabbed this 2% bit out of thin air,

there must be a severe lack of knowledge about the outside world in the W House on P Ave

and in the Senate and in Congress . . . .

 

[stevenl]

6 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

 

and that 2% bit,

that is a agreed goal/objective to be reached within the year 2024 the latest

 

having said that, Trump has hardly grabbed this 2% bit out of thin air,

there must be a severe lack of knowledge about the outside world in the W House on P Ave

and in the Senate and in Congress . . . .

 

Since all countries calculate differently, the 2% goal does not mean that much.