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From Global News
U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out at French President Emmanuel Macron after spending a few days in Paris.
Trump was one of many world leaders commemorating the 100[SUP]th[/SUP] anniversary of the end of the First World War.
He referenced both world wars when criticizing Macron’s plan to start a European army in the wake of a changing political world.
“Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia. But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two – How did that work out for France?” Trump said. “They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along.”
COMMENT:-
Mr. Trump appears to be unaware of two minor points:
Donald Trump slams plan for European army because of ‘Germany’ in both world wars
U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out at French President Emmanuel Macron after spending a few days in Paris.
Trump was one of many world leaders commemorating the 100[SUP]th[/SUP] anniversary of the end of the First World War.
He referenced both world wars when criticizing Macron’s plan to start a European army in the wake of a changing political world.
“Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia. But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two – How did that work out for France?” Trump said. “They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along.”
COMMENT:-
Mr. Trump appears to be unaware of two minor points:
- This time the Germans are going to be "Home" and not "Visitors"; and
- The combined spending of the NATO nations to "defend the NATO countries against a European Enemy" is around US$269.78Bn of which the US contributes around US$30.7Bn (that's around 11.4%) while the combined population of the NATO countries is around 603.7Mn and the population of the US is around 325.7Mn (that's around 53.95%) so there is a real question about who is not "paying their share" since, on a per capita basis, the US should be paying around US$145.55 and it is only paying around 21.15% of that amount.