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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katelew who wrote (79998)6/27/2018 4:08:52 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 363233
 
"the US reminding EU members they are falling short of the pledges they made."

I think you are confusing EU and NATO. NATO should remind us they have 16K troops in Afghanistan. Here's the EU...

EU signs defense pact in decades-long quest
NOVEMBER 12, 2017 / 11:34 PM / 7 MONTHS AGO

Robin Emmott

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France and Germany edged toward achieving a 70-year-old ambition to integrate European defenses on Monday, signing a pact with 21 other EU governments to fund, develop and deploy armed forces after Britain’s decision to quit the bloc.

reuters.com



To: Katelew who wrote (79998)6/27/2018 5:37:04 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 363233
 
The thought does occur to me though which is how do we actually know how it was presented?

Dunno.

My comment was based on it having a deadline, especially a short one. That, plus Trump's general attitude, suggests a demand rather than a request. I found that interesting.

I know----form over substance every time.

I take your point, sort of, but I had semi-dismissed the substance assuming that the substance, regardless of what it was, wouldn't get traction anyway.


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