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Does Trump understand how NATO works?

Yes_Minister said:
And what if the US' allies call your bluff and decide to tell Trump to take a hike? Do you think the those military bases in Germany where the US send their wounded are worthless?

Depending on another country for your own defense limits your own sovereignty and Trump deciding to squeeze the US' allies for cash, makes developing their own military capabilities more appealing.

Treat the US' allies like worthless parasites if you want, but don't be surprised when they don't want to help you in the future.

Again unless say Canada gets to charge the US for the blood and treasure it put into Afghanistan at the US' behest , Trump and his supporters have no basis to complain about not being able to charge NATO allies for money.

The Cold War is over, I think most of these countries can defend themselves from a weakened Russia and US military protection means less when the biggest outside threat to safety is non state terrorist groups.
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Doesn't hurt us any if our troops aren't there.
 
American said:
Doesn't hurt us any if our troops aren't there.
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I think you are ignoring that article I posted about the US military using bases in Germany as a hospital to treat wounded soldiers.

From a logistics stand point, the US military would have a tougher time with operations in the ME, if it doesn't have bases in Europe.

I also think US isolation only works to a point, conservatives can say the US should cut its allies loose, but let's face it, in an unrealistic scenario where a powerful nation attempts to conquer Canada, its in the US' interests to protect Canada, because otherwise you have that hostile power on your border.

If you want the US' allies to pay more for their own defense, they will want a bigger say in the world and will be more likely to go their own path away from the US. That is the trade off, if you are fine with that, good, just be aware of it.
 
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