• Trump “will not give a penny” more to Ukraine if he becomes president, Hungary’s prime minister said.
  • That’s how Trump plans to end the war, Viktor Orbán, who met Trump at Mar-a-Lago, said.
  • The Trump campaign has not said whether the pair discussed Ukraine during the visit.
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So the commitment of the rest of NATO is fact, the US’s isn’t. Well, if that is the way you feel, then the United States should just leave NATO. If having the largest Army in the world and saving Europe in two wars isn’t proof of commitment, then we should just sit the next one out. It sounds like we are not wanted or needed.

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Good job entirely (and, I think, intentionally) misinterpreting the whole fuckin’ context of the situation.

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Check out what community they moderate, it’s very telling.

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I just miss the era when the vast majority of Americans were on the same page regarding potentially dangerous geopolitical crap. Politics used to end at the water’s edge for the most part, but not anymore.

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Be more clear in your point. I get you don’t like Trump but what he said was true.

Now everyone is scurrying because he was right.

Hate the man as much as you want but at the end of the day, he was right.

You fight a war with the Army you have, not the one you can build in the next five years. Europe has not taken their defense seriously, and it isn’t our job to spend our money to defend Europe. It is our job to help in their defense.

Putin was a wakeup call to Europe and hopefully they leaned you always need to be prepared for war.

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Ok, sure, let’s play your game.

Let’s say Trump gets in, and the US fucks off from NATO. What then?

Outline the ramifications for me. I have a pretty concrete idea of what the fallout would be, but I want you to tell me what you think would happen, in your own words.

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Ah the “Fine, I’ll takey ball and go home” arguement.

Referring to WW2 that was self preservation as much as anything else, and it is not like they got poorer from it. The US made bank after WW2.

The US called upon NATO after September 9th and everyone came. So that also shows something, but I guess that does not count.

And now the US is gearing up for their “inevitable” conflict with China. But for that they will need their allies too. So by showing your allies you are unreliable, countries might start making other choices. You know, self preservation.

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Ww2 was because Japan attacked the United States and in brilliant move, Germany declared war.

If we go to war with China, we don’t need the help of others. They need our help.

It’s why Australia is asking for us to build bases. They know they can’t take China.

Japan at least is taking it seriously and arming up for war. They beat China once

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American exceptionalism at its finest.

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