Uncle Sam Won’t Be Playing Wargames With NATO in the Future
No NATO training
NATO as a European defense force would be totally useless without the U.S. running the show. That’s the message President Donald Trump is making crystal clear to everyone. Volodymyr Zelenskyy thinks he can demand security “guarantees” as part of a peace agreement.
He’ll be lucky if he gets a better deal than total surrender. The way it’s going for him now, he’s about to lose the war to Russia. All because he wouldn’t play let’s make a deal with Trump.
That blew up in his face and his European friends at NATO are suddenly saying there’s nothing they can do.
For far too long, the World Economic Forum has been calling the shots globally from Brussels. Trump threw a huge monkey wrench into the previously well-oiled works.
The U.S. is already committed to work with NATO for exercises already scheduled this year. There won’t be any more wargames after that.
If Europe wants defense, it’s time for them to buy their own equipment and figure out how to use it. The idea of shorting their dues payments while running to Uncle Sam for help isn’t going to fly while Trump and conservative Republicans are running things.
Unfair burden on US
The Europeans, British outlets report, “will be forced to plan exercises without the participation of the U.S. military, the largest in the alliance.”
They add that President Trump “has repeatedly criticized NATO countries for not meeting the current goal of spending two percent of GDP on defense, arguing that the disparity puts an unfair burden on the United States.”
On Friday, March 7, Trump officially confirmed that “the U.S. may not defend NATO allies who do not meet the spending target.” He warned them the last time he was in office.
“If you don’t pay your bills, we’re not going to participate. We’re not going to protect you.” Some nations took it seriously and started coughing up more money but not all of what they’ve been behind on.
This time around, Trump wants to up the dues to five percent of GDP. NATO doesn’t want to pay that much. After the U.S. deal with Zelenskyy fell through and it started looking like Europe would need an army of their own, they were horrified to discover they need to spend five percent of GDP to do it.
Either they pay Trump, pay it themselves, or learn to speak Russian. The whole reason they brought Mark Rutte in to run NATO was to “stand up to Trump.” Rutte isn’t even in the loop these days. That’s why Ukraine peace talks are happening in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Brussels has been stunned into impotence.
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