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2018-07-07 Europe

Europeans leaders worry Trump wants to fulfill promise to bring American troops home

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Posted by DarthVader 2018-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

Posted by 3dc 2018-07-07 01:27|| 2018-07-07 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 President Trump will help those who help themselves. Freeloaders need not apply. In major policy issues like these, Trump means what he says. He is not in the nuance business.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2018-07-07 02:10|| 2018-07-07 02:10|| Front Page Top

#3 In major policy issues like these, Trump means what he says.

This is one thing that freaks people out about Trump. They can't decide if he actually means what he says or whether he is just savagely trolling them. (hint: the answer is yes)

Posted by SteveS 2018-07-07 02:14|| 2018-07-07 02:14|| Front Page Top

#4 EUropean leaders don't worry about Muslims settlers in their countries. And they don't worry about their own populace - that is treated by Muslims as prey - raising against them. They do worry about "Palestine". Let them worry about Trump.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-07 04:11|| 2018-07-07 04:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Mind you, what I'd really like EUropean leaders to worry about is their next morning's execution.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-07 04:17|| 2018-07-07 04:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Someone tell me why a continent of wealthy democracies can't fund their own defense? Of course they can. They just don't want to. Why should they when they have a sucker to do it for them?

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-07-07 05:51|| 2018-07-07 05:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Someone tell me why a continent of wealthy democracies can't fund their own defense?

Where's the graft in that? I bet that if the Euros put their minds to it they could scam and skim their own defense budgets just fine.

Posted by AlanC 2018-07-07 08:00|| 2018-07-07 08:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Given that so many American ancestors spent the 18th and 19th Century being kicked out or escaping the place, I all can say is Bye. Basically a big fail along side Justinian's attempt to resurrect the old Roman Empire. They avoided Moscow's hard Marxism to take Brussels' soft Marxism. Yeah, great.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-07 11:14|| 2018-07-07 11:14|| Front Page Top

#9 The issue could be approached from a business development standpoint. Each country receiving U.S. protection, submits compensation to (TBD) to the U.S. based on the number of citizens and geography to be protected. Pay as you go, multi-year contract.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-07 11:44|| 2018-07-07 11:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Perhaps THEY can patrol OUR borders.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-07 12:36|| 2018-07-07 12:36|| Front Page Top

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