A tumultuous period between the United States and its traditional allies took another lurch Friday, as NATO nations expressed outrage over remarks from Trump the previous day.
The new furor began when Trump downplayed the willingness of the U.S.’s partners to sacrifice on behalf of the alliance.
“We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that. And they did — they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines,” Trump said in an interview with Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business.
In fact, many hundreds of non-American NATO troops lost their lives in Afghanistan during the 20-year war there. The fatalities included more than 450 British troops and more than 150 Canadian troops. The anger about Trump’s remarks in those nations was immediate and visceral.
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USA has no allies anymore. Fucking piranhas.
Always were, they just used to eat the “bad” guys. Now they are one of them.
Former US allies grapple with a world order upended by Trump
Would anyone support USA today if they were attacked? I would be pissed at my country if they sent troops to defend the USA in any way. Our soldiers are clearly not appreciated anyway, so why should we give half a shit?
Now in the case of a civil war or armed revolution against the fascist government, that would be very different.
