Russia Invades Ukraine. Again

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Thursday, March 17, 2022 6:04 PM

Former President Donald Trump released a lengthy statement full of false claims about NATO while praising himself for bolstering the alliance. The statement came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was wrapping up an emotional address to Congress in which he called on the US government to take stronger action to counter Russia's devastating war in Ukraine.

Most of Trump's new statement repeated previous false claims he's made about the NATO alliance, including that several member countries were "delinquent" and that he was the one who got them to "pay up" in exchange for the US's protection.

Trump has repeatedly gotten basic facts about NATO wrong ( https://www.businessinsider.com/how-nato-budget-is-funded-2018-7 ) or wrongly claimed the alliance was "obsolete," and later corrected himself because he did not know "much about NATO."

Contrary to Trump's assertions, European members of NATO and Canada had increased their defense spending in 2015 and 2016, before Trump took office. Also, NATO countries don't "pay up." They have pledged to spend a certain amount of their gross domestic product on their own militaries, and pay a small stipend to fund NATO headquarters.

And in 2014, two years before Trump came into office, all NATO members reached an agreement to spend at least 2% of their annual GDP on their own defense by 2024.

Trump's claim that members of the alliance were "delinquent" in their contributions also doesn't add up, because countries decide on their own how much of their GDP to spend on their own defense. In other words, as fact-checkers have pointed out, they don't "owe" NATO or the US money.

"There is no ledger that maintains accounts of what countries pay and owe," Aaron O'Connell, a former Obama administration National Security Council staffer, told NPR. "NATO is not like a club with annual membership fees."

More at https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-releases-false-nato-statement-as
-zelenskyy-finishes-congress-speech-2022-3


Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America - 03/16/22
People forget so quickly, with the help of the Fake News, that it was me that got the 20 out of 28 delinquent NATO countries to start paying the money that they owed in order to rebuild a floundering NATO. Nobody knew things would happen so rapidly, but NATO was poor and now it is rich, and all of the Fake News commentators that said Trump was tearing down NATO should be ashamed of themselves for telling lies. Not only was the United States being taken advantage of by the EU on trade, but it was forced to pay the costs of the many delinquent NATO countries. Bush and Obama did nothing but make speeches and talk—I acted, and acted strongly. I said to them, “if you don’t pay up, no protection.” They all paid up, and paid up quickly. It’s a story that’s never reported, but that’s only because we have a corrupt press in our Country!

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-gdzseecerh1719


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JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, March 18, 2022 4:55 AM

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Ukraine conflict: Biden brands Putin a 'war criminal'

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Injured FOX News reporter Benjamin Hall is out of Ukraine: Wounded Reporter is in 'good spirits'
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Former New York Times journalist 'shot dead by Russians', Ukraine police claim
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US journalist shot dead in Ukraine

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Blinken Confirms Death of U.S. Citizen In Ukraine, Agrees Putin Is A War Criminal

https://sports.yahoo.com/blinken-confirms-death-u-citizen-212924956.ht
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THG

Friday, March 18, 2022 5:55 AM

Biden and other world leaders are calling Putin a war criminal. Why, the thought is this will give those assisting him pause. The thought of themselves winding up in a Norenberg type trial at the Hague has to scare them. They are also smart enough to know that is not far off. WW2 was over in what six years? Thats not to long.

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International Court orders Russia to suspend invasion of Ukraine

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, March 18, 2022 6:06 AM

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Originally posted by THG:
Thats not to long.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, March 18, 2022 7:26 AM

Biden* calls Putin a War Criminal.

That's cute. Pots and Kettles and such.

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THG

Friday, March 18, 2022 7:44 AM

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Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed the Russians - Emotional Video | STOP WAR IN UKRAINE EMERGENCY!

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SIGNYM

Friday, March 18, 2022 7:47 AM

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Signym your post is too funny. So, here's another funny post.

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Told you so

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