Comment on Trump floats dropping Spain from NATO alliance

LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not buy enough American weapons.

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• humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Resist Israel with actual bans of airspace/ports use to assist Israel.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Transition? Based

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    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      energy transition, but if the boat floats… wait until the orcas sink it.

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• Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They have been pretty vocal about not being able to afford the 5% GDP spending target.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    5%??? That’s insane isn’t it supposed to be 2?

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    • JillyB@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A NATO summit earlier this year increased it. Basically over the next few years, NATO countries will have to spend more on defense. The 5% isn’t all direct military funding though. Some infrastructure that contributes indirectly to defense can be counted toward the 5%.

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    • Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It became 2% after the Russian invasion of Crimea, but it was increased to 3.5% (+1.5% infrastructure) this year, due to threats from both Trump and Putin.

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    • valtia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      5% but 3% can be fulfilled with infrastructure spending like roads and bridges that can support tanks

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• huf@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  i dunno, they’re kinda mexican over there

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