• 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 day ago

      He says that because you weren’t paying as much tribute as he would like, which is why he ordered you to increase military spending and y’all went and did it, and then had Mark Rutte kiss his ass in appreciation. 😂

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        My dear, the NATO military spending has been ignored for long time. Now it was decided to reach it to replace the US that stopped being a reliable partner.

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          1 day ago

          you know that the US is in NATO, right? 😅 In fact, it’s the goddamn leader lmao.

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            natobros are still under the illusion its an alliance among sovereign nations on an equal footing that respect one another 😂😭

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              17 hours ago

              They played the scenario of Putin invading a micro-village somewhere in Latvia and wondered if NATO countries would risk WW3 over it.

              The answer was negative, especially in regards of the American support.

              Now the EU started a program to rearm itself and create its own nuclear shield.

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            17 hours ago

            Maybe you missed the part where Trump decided to “maybe” withdraw the US from NATO, switched to a Mafia style for military protection, threatened to reduce military capacity in the EU (effectively eliminating some functions), and announced that he may invade Greenland. Not counting the MAGA doctrine to stop sending troops around the world (except maybe in Israel, ops!) and the leaks on Signal.

            Sorry man, TACO may be a clown, but the EU took it seriously. We will replace the US military shield by 2030. Google it if you don’t believe it.

            Bye 👋

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              16 hours ago

              Maybe you missed the part where Trump decided to “maybe” withdraw the US from NATO

              So, has the US withdrawn from NATO or is it a part of NATO?
              Also, it would be nice if the US withdrew from NATO.

              switched to a Mafia style for military protection

              The rest of NATO has been a bunch of glorified provinces of the US since NATO’s inception.

              threatened to reduce military capacity in the EU

              That would be great, actually. NATO in general should both be prevented from invading elsewhere, and be forced to answer for its already-committed crimes.

              We will replace the US military shield by 2030. Google it if you don’t believe it

              Glorified USian provinces in Europe will not be going independent any time soon.

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                  14 hours ago

                  This is hilarious.

                  I know this because I have not been living under a rock, and have actually studied some history of the past couple of centuries, and not because I am a worshipper of any of your overlords.

                  EDIT: How would that even make sense, considering that the US does not try to claim that the rest of NATO are its obedient subjects? Did you not think your response through before you posted it?

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                    14 hours ago

                    Wow man, you actually studied the last couple of centuries of history? You must be such an expert!