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Trump says he's considering pulling U.S. out of 'paper tiger' NATO
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/trump-says-hes-considering-pulling-us-out-of-paper-tiger-nato.html
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zeppoMy conservative neighbor said last week “when did he say he wanted us to leave NATO? He just wants them to pay their fair share!!”
Em AdespotonThe Republican national sport appears to be goalpost moving.
Then when he actually does leave NATO and your neighbor gets the updated talking points: “it’s good that he left NATO”
I believe he already thinks that, something like “we don’t need them“. What I have asked him is who he thinks would benefit from the US leaving NATO. The US? No. Europe? No. Russia, China? Yes. Iran? Yes. So why would we be doing that?
I can’t believe someone taught him how to use the phrase “paper tiger”.
If Putin knows NATO is a paper tiger, why is he complaining about countries joining it? Why does he complain about NATO member countries on Russia’s borders? Surely a paper tiger isn’t detrimental to his interests? Why did they claim Russia is fighting NATO in Ukraine?
Total disconnect from reality
These are childish provocations. NATO is not obligated to participate in a war started by one of its members without an agreement from the others. This only works if one of their members was attacked first.
I totally know how NATO works (am former soldier from a NATO country), I know Mario is a defensive treaty and even if you’re a member it doesn’t mean other member nations have to cooperate with you outside of NATO related activities. So yes no NATO members need to join, and no NATO member has to support the US (even if just by allowing to use the air space) outside of NATO missions it exercises.
He won’t. The US will loose access to all its military bases in Nato countries, including things like Rammstein as well as other military bases.
Will they lose access to other German Metal bands, or just specifically Rammstein (wiki link)?
He won’t.
He can’t. The US entered NATO through an act of Congress; Congress has to decide if the US leaves.
We knew Trump would eff up the US’s economy, government, culture, and alliances. I think maybe we collectively underestimated how he and his zionist paymasters would screw up the entire world.
Still 35 of 48 months in his term left to go too, assuming he steps down peacefully at the end of his term, which he says he wont.
cecilkorikWhen someone tells you who they are, believe them. Trump has told us who he is, very clearly and in no uncertain terms, and we’d better believe him. If the midterms actually go the way people are expecting them to go, I’ll eat a MAGA hat (while celebrating the democratic victory) but sadly, I think people are going to be disappointed/enraged.
CocaineShrimpIsn’t “paper tiger” a phrase in Chinese? I don’t watch a lot of trump, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard him use that phrase…
It’s a calque of Chinese. It has come to be used so often because of 1) its obvious meaning and 2) the increase in global wars.
It’s clear that it’s in the interest of the United States to do preemptive damage control in light of tensions between RUS and EU that could escalate into a war. The Americans simply don’t want to be dragged into anything, least of which conflicts they aggravated. Same logic as privatising profits and socialising losses.
Assuming how much conflicts the USA participates in last time, it will be only an improvement to the overall stability and peace of the whole alliance.
If it’s a “paper tiger”, why have we fought so hard to keep Ukraine from obtaining membership? 🤔
Someone told him what ‘paper tiger’ means, or he watched that old Alan Alda movie, ‘The Paper Lion” and got it all screwed up in the translation.
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NATO looks up and says “Oh, you’re still here?”