NATO Mutual Defense Clause and Foreign Assistance to the United States after Russia’s 2022 Invasion of Ukraine on Satisfying Trump’s Demand
NATO’s Articles 5 mutual defense clause states that an attack on one or more of the alliance’s members is an attack against all of them. But he often depicted NATO allies as leeches on the U.S. military and openly questioned the value of the military alliance that has defined American foreign policy for decades.
NATO reported that seven of 31 NATO member countries were meeting that obligation, up from three in 2014. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has spurred additional military spending by some NATO members.
Over the last few years, Trump has claimed that he was responsible for the increase and bragged Saturday that “hundreds of billions of dollars” came into NATO thanks to his threats.
“On extraordinarily good terms,” with no interest and no repayment date, the money could be lent by Trump. He said that if the country turns against the US or strikes them, we will help them. It is. Someday in the future the loan will be paid off. Money was returned to the United States.
Earlier Saturday, Trump called for the end of foreign aid “WITHOUT “STRINGS” ATTACHED,” arguing that the U.S. should dramatically curtail the way it provides money.
Can Donald Trump still support Joe Biden? The inevitable cycle of Trump’s controversial comments and stances revisited by Bates and Bates
As Trump and his team are becoming confident of winning the Republican nomination in the coming weeks, they also come at a time.
As Russia is poised to invade in 2022, and as Republicans in Congress are becoming less enamored of providing aid to the country, it’s easy to see why Trump would make such a statement.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates responded, saying that: “Encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and unhinged – and it endangers American national security, global stability, and our economy at home.”
“‘You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent?'” “I said something.” Trump recounted. “‘No I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You need to pay. You have to pay your bills.
One of the things I’m not going to do any longer is respond to every comment Donald Trump makes and say ‘Do you still support him?’ I do and I support him because Joe Biden’s a disaster.
The inevitable cycle of Trump’s controversial statements and stances are nothing new since his first run for president in 2016, and neither are the inevitable responses and the weight those comments are given among various groups. His opponents say to take him literally and seriously, Republican voters say to take him seriously but not literally and many of his allies in elected office often try to do neither.
Part of that is volume: Trump spent nearly two hours riffing about everything from his immigration proposals to the criminal charges against him, attacking President Biden and chief Republican rival Nikki Haley and featured a several minute interlude where the crowd chanted “F*** Joe Biden” as a few protesters were escorted out of the arena. Part of that is Trump himself, who flits between issue-based commentary and seemingly random events, like a post on his social media site on Sunday that said pop superstar Taylor Swift should support him instead of Biden because he made her a lot of money. His opponents feel that he should not become the GOP’s nominee because of his statements that appear to abandon the NATO alliance and strengthen Russia, as well as why he should not be the country’s next president. Biden’s campaign issued a statement reiterating support for NATO and blasted Trump for “promising to rule as a dictator like the ones he praises on day one if he returns to the oval office.” Less than two weeks before the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, Haley used the chance to bash Trump for his foreign policy stances and mocking comments he made about her husband being deployed with the South Carolina National Guard. It’s possible that Trump would leave NATO and shrink the US’s international footprint if he is elected, but it’s also possible that his comments were just a joke at a rally before the election.