President Trump said Monday he told French President Emmanuel Macron and other world leaders the United States cannot continue bearing the financial burden associated with military treaties and trade agreements.
"Just returned from France where much was accomplished in my meetings with World Leaders. Never easy bringing up the fact that the U.S. must be treated fairly, which it hasn’t, on both Military and Trade. We pay for LARGE portions of other countries military protection hundreds of billions of dollars, for the great privilege of losing hundreds of billions of dollars with these same countries on trade," Trump wrote in a series of tweets Monday morning.
"I told them that this situation cannot continue - It is, and always has been, ridiculously unfair to the United States. Massive amounts of money spent on protecting other countries, and we get nothing but Trade Deficits and Losses," Trump said. "It is time that these very rich countries either pay the United States for its great military protection, or protect themselves...and Trade must be made FREE and FAIR!"
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Just what is the global threat they can not defend themselves against ? Recent conflicts have been with everything but first world military forces.
ReplyDeleteThey need to repay the US for the expense occurred by the US when we defended them in WWI WWII? Then they can ask for help.
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