Trump Caught Tweeting Fake News During Saturday Meltdown – Gets Fact Checked Hard

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Trump always ends up looking like a ignorant clown with his tweets.


Trump Caught Tweeting Fake News During Saturday Meltdown – Gets Fact Checked Hard

‘Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!’

As usual, Trump got a few very important things wrong in his tweets, and an expert had to come in and correct him.

Ivo Daalder, the former United States ambassador to NATO, took to Twitter shortly after the President initially tweeted and gave him — and anyone who still believes that he knows what he’s talking about — a quick lesson in how NATO works.

First, Daalder explained that, unlike what Trump said about Germany in his tweets, other countries do not pay the U.S. to defend them.
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/03/18/trump-caught-tweeting-fake-news-during-saturday-meltdown-gets-fact-checked-hard/

 

[Addy]

Trump's favorite thing to do...

 

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Trump always ends up looking like a ignorant clown with his tweets.


Trump Caught Tweeting Fake News During Saturday Meltdown – Gets Fact Checked Hard

‘Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!’

As usual, Trump got a few very important things wrong in his tweets, and an expert had to come in and correct him.

Ivo Daalder, the former United States ambassador to NATO, took to Twitter shortly after the President initially tweeted and gave him — and anyone who still believes that he knows what he’s talking about — a quick lesson in how NATO works.

First, Daalder explained that, unlike what Trump said about Germany in his tweets, other countries do not pay the U.S. to defend them.
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/03/18/trump-caught-tweeting-fake-news-during-saturday-meltdown-gets-fact-checked-hard/

wait, so Germany doesn't owe vast sums of money to NATO?

 

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wait, so Germany doesn't owe vast sums of money to NATO?

Here's what was on the tweet. Other countries don't pay the USA to keep them safe. BTW



While only 5 of the 28 NATO countries currently spend the agreed upon 2 percent, the rest of the organization’s members are working on increasing their defense budgets, which is a “good thing,” according to Daalder.



Only 5 of 28 NATO Member Countries Pay Their Fair Share

Germany, which spends 1.2 percent of its GDP on defense, recently vowed to reach the spending target, as did Romania. Russia is expected to lower defense spending in the next few years, according to IHS Jane's analyst Craig Caffrey.

"We expect the Russian defense budget to fall again next year and it will sit below France in the No. 7 position by 2020, based on current plans, with a total defense budget of $41.4 billion," he told CNBC.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/NATO-Member-Countries-Trump/2017/01/25/id/770363/

 

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Here's what was on the tweet. Other countries don't pay the USA to keep them safe. BTW

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While only 5 of the 28 NATO countries currently spend the agreed upon 2 percent, the rest of the organization’s members are working on increasing their defense budgets, which is a “good thing,” according to Daalder.



Only 5 of 28 NATO Member Countries Pay Their Fair Share

Germany, which spends 1.2 percent of its GDP on defense, recently vowed to reach the spending target, as did Romania. Russia is expected to lower defense spending in the next few years, according to IHS Jane's analyst Craig Caffrey.

"We expect the Russian defense budget to fall again next year and it will sit below France in the No. 7 position by 2020, based on current plans, with a total defense budget of $41.4 billion," he told CNBC.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/NATO-Member-Countries-Trump/2017/01/25/id/770363/

So, Germany along with the rest of the world is not pulling their fare share of the load... just like Trump has said all along.

So what was your point? Because this nut Daalder doesn't have one.

 

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So, Germany along with the rest of the world is not pulling their fare share of the load... just like Trump has said all along.

So what was your point? Because this nut Daalder doesn't have one.

Evidently you didn't read what Trump said in his tweet on my top post.

First, Daalder explained that, unlike what Trump said about Germany in his tweets, other countries do not pay the U.S. to defend them.

Trump Caught Tweeting Fake News During Saturday Meltdown – Gets Fact Checked Hard

‘Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!’

On another read today:

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States "vast sums" of money for defense.

"There is no debt account at NATO," von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance's target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO.

"Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism," von der Leyen said.
Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes NATO and U.S. 'vast sums' for defense
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/germany-rejects-trumps-claim-it-owes-nato-and-us-vast-sums-for-defense/ar-BBymmNy?li=BBnb7Kz

 

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Evidently you didn't read what Trump said in his tweet on my top post.

First, Daalder explained that, unlike what Trump said about Germany in his tweets, other countries do not pay the U.S. to defend them.

Trump Caught Tweeting Fake News During Saturday Meltdown – Gets Fact Checked Hard

‘Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!’

On another read today:

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States "vast sums" of money for defense.

"There is no debt account at NATO," von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance's target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO.

"Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism," von der Leyen said.
Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes NATO and U.S. 'vast sums' for defense
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/germany-rejects-trumps-claim-it-owes-nato-and-us-vast-sums-for-defense/ar-BBymmNy?li=BBnb7Kz

So Germany owes NATO vast sums of money, but they reject the idea... but they still haven't been pulling their fare share in NATO, have they? This is political hogwash. Bottom line; Germany hasn't been paying their fare share, just as most of NATO members have been sandbagging, and Trump is calling them on it.

I read the tweet and their response. Evidently, you can't read between the lines.