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| Biden attempts to take credit for NATO defense spending successes pushed by Trump |
| 2024-07-16 |
| [JustTheNews] Donald Trump as president pushed for members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to increase their defense spending to 2% of their total Gross Domestic Product as a central part of his foreign policy platform, but now President Joe Biden appears to be trying to take credit. Members of the alliance initially agreed to the 2% spending increase during former President Barack Obama's presidency in 2014, but most members were not expected to reach the threshold by the 2024 deadline. Prior to Trump's first term – from Jan. 20, 2017 to Jan. 20, 2021 – only three countries were meeting the target, though six reached the benchmark by the end of Trump's term. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 NATO should have been disbanded in 1992 with the end of the cold war Their only reason for existence is to funnel money to weapons dealers Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman etc as all the countries signing on have to agree to update their military equipment so it can be interoperable with NATO forces (which means buying US military hardware) |
| Posted by: anon1 2024-07-16 18:20 |
| #4 My impression is that he is trying to take credit from Putin! |
| Posted by: Neville+Shavish3973 2024-07-16 15:51 |
| #3 Biden has to take credit for something, and the only positives he's got are things that Trump set up. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-07-16 13:39 |
| #2 Joe’s limited successes were set up by positive moves by Trump. Boy howdy, has Biden set Trump up with his negative moves. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-07-16 09:43 |
| #1 Six months added to a second Trump term as 'allies' respond to his original expectation of increased defense spending. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-16 06:39 |