From the world’s most infamous liar:
I hope everyone is able to remember that it was me, as President of the United States, that got delinquent NATO members to start paying their dues, which amounted to hundreds of billions of dollars. There would be no NATO if I didn’t act strongly and swiftly. Also, it was me that got Ukraine the very effective anti-tank busters (Javelins) when the previous Administration was sending blankets. Let History so note!
Trump, who discussed pulling the US from NATO takes credit for NATO’s existence in a new statement. Trump, who threatened to withhold weapons funding from Ukraine to get dirt on Biden, takes credit for Ukrainian weapons in same statement. pic.twitter.com/OvyorRtHmh
— Sam Stein (@samstein) February 28, 2022
Let history so note:
1) NATO members’ defense spending started increasing under Obama;
2) Trump saying “dues” demonstrates he has no idea WTF he’s saying;
3) Trump wanted to withdraw from NATO;
4) He’s saying this shit because he knows he fucked up praising Putin. pic.twitter.com/0ilBojhYui
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) February 28, 2022
A Trump Timeline:
-Works to get weapons to Ukraine to defend from Russia off GOP platform
-Illegally withholds military aid from Ukraine
-Announces plan to pull US troops from Europe
-Floats leaving NATO
-Praises Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
-Criticize US action against Russia— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 28, 2022
The events of the past week makes it clear why Donald Trump worked tirelessly to undermine NATO. When supported by the United States, the organization is the greatest bulwark against Putin’s tyranny just as it was against Soviet tyranny.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 27, 2022
“I wanted to hamstring NATO when I was president. I tried extorting political favors from Zelensky before I would give Ukraine military aid. Anyway: I now want you to know that NATO wouldn’t exist without me and I always looked after Ukraine’s national security.” – Trump pic.twitter.com/w12eBtpI22
— Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrien) February 28, 2022