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VDH: Trump Makes ‘Experts’ Eat Their Words with Record-Breaking Three Weeks
What President Donald Trump has achieved over the past three weeks, most presidents could only dream of for an entire term.
Trump has revitalized military recruitment and turned the armed forced from “fat” to “fit,” reshaped America’s foreign alliances, and delivered bold results that no one expected—and many actively warned against.
Victor Davis Hanson breaks down why, in the face of naysayers and “experts” claiming it couldn’t be done, this even more of a momentous feat on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
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What President Donald Trump has achieved over the past three weeks, most presidents could only dream of for an entire term.
Trump has revitalized military recruitment and turned the armed forced from “fat” to “fit,” reshaped America’s foreign alliances, and delivered bold results that no one expected—and many actively warned against.
Victor Davis Hanson breaks down why, in the face of naysayers and “experts” claiming it couldn’t be done, this even more of a momentous feat on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
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Depends on who you ask and what they include. I'll admit I took that from a Defense reporter today
The US is a global superpower, with military commitments around the world, not just to Nato. It had GDP equal to all the rest of the members of Nato in 2024, and its spending on defence is two thirds of the NATO total. So a bad comparison
How much do Nato members spend on defence?
Nato expects 23 of its 32 members to have met the target of spending 2% of GDP on defence in 2024.www.bbc.com
The 16% includes direct military costs, but not "indirect" costs apparently.
But OK lets go with 16%
Same issue. We're selling to NATO and paying at least some part of it on the backside. Its a fucking shell game by the Con man in Chief who said we were done in Ukraine and campaigned to end the war on Day #1
Consider the 16% to be a subsidy to the military industrial complex.
Is this what is meant by In God We Trust?... Trump’s WH Spiritual Advisor, Paula White: “To say no to Trump is like saying no to God.”
'Oh really?': Trump says his wife Melania has some thoughts on Vladimir Putin
"I go home, I tell the first lady, 'You know, I spoke to Vladimir today. We had a wonderful conversation.' And she said, 'Oh really? Another city was just hit,'" Trump said during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office.
About an hour later, Trump told a similar story at a luncheon with the White House Faith Office, as he recounted the numerous times he thought a Russia-Ukraine peace deal was imminent.
"I'd get home, I'd say, 'First lady, I had the most wonderful talk with Vladimir. I think we're finished.' And then I'll turn on the television, or she'll say to me one time, 'Wow, that's strange because they just bombed a nursing home,'" Trump said, prompting laughs among the crowd at the White House State Dining Room.
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