The almost unanimous NATO commitment to a sharp increase in the member-countries’ military budgets at the meeting of NATO leaders last week was a complete legitimisation of President Trump‘s stance throughout his time as president that most of the alliance was freeloading on the determination of the American taxpayers to continue to maintain American military capabilities at a level that deterred any attack on any alliance member. In light of the fact that his predecessors often made similar remarks with minimal consequences, it must also be said that this response was a justification of Trump’s comparatively brusque methods.
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