donald trump like nato much like fact understand nato clear campaign trail common statement alliance obsolete dozens quote trash alliance endlessly rail ally meet financial obligations exist explore obligations exist moment simple metaphor explain nobody owe nato unite state dime imagine homeowners association collect small fee run neighborhood watch also one bylaws deal appearances guideline state members spend two percent household income yard paint etc imagine neighbor fail meet two percent benchmark fulfill guideline obligation owe neighbor money silly pay yard fee already collect collective spend neighborhood watch piss yard look good cost dime owe nothing world leaders openly laugh trump idiotic nonsense nato speech understand work nato organization fund north atlantic alliance military budget worth 1.29 billion 1.4 billion use fund operations nato strategic command center well train research miniscule compare overall spend defense nato countries nato estimate total 921 billion 2017.the alliance also civilian budget 234.4 million 252 million use mainly fund nato headquarter belgium administration source pay much determine size economy country u.s. share calculate basis gross national income total domestic foreign output claim residents country adjust regularly currently would 22 percent compare 15 percent germany 11 percent france 10 percent unite kingdom percent italy percent canada forth.when conservatives say unite state pay 22 percent budget nato list defense spend extremely mislead let examine follow paragraph fox business unite state contribute 22 percent organization budget 2016 accord white house data far outpace members government spend 3.6 percent gdp 664 billion defense unite state financial commitments defense fall recent years 757.4 billion 2009. however president trump new budget look reverse trend 54 billion injection defense sector.despite first two sentence place side-by-side unrelated pay 22 percent nato budget also pay 664 billion defense two number unrelated pay nato less 500 million per year pdf almost trump never bother read anything outlets support will publish lie truth twist beyond recognition point lie case try make ignorant incompetence palatable.and consider large member nation order magnitude american empire 300,000 soldier station 150 nations around globe make sense would spend money military member nations global military force stand army three time large every member except turkey nato responsible nation national defense collective spend pool nation military nato military alliance say get back get attack alliance guidelines rule advice best allocate fund national defense order prevent war first place deterrence preparedness.so fox news donald trump tell ally pay fair share collective defense unite state spend far support nato simply bullshit nato budget number talk guideline national defense nato guideline penalty spend less two percent gdp military fact bloat wasteful military budget something brag certain quote president dwight eisenhower come mind every gun make every warship launch every rocket fire signify final sense theft hunger feed cold clothe world arm spend money alone spend sweat laborers genius scientists hop children cost one modern heavy bomber modern brick school 30 cities two electric power plant serve town 60,000 population two fine fully equip hospitals fifty miles concrete pavement pay single fighter half-million bushel wheat pay single destroyer new home could house 8,000 people. way life true sense cloud threaten war humanity hang cross iron.there one point begrudgingly give trump ally over-reliant fact military juggernaut alliance meet financial obligations nato despite trump say however reason nato two percent guideline spend national defense state preparedness deterrence right many members deterrence come big brother west side atlantic yet trump mislead rhetoric subject mask reality already move expand military budget three years thank grow threat trump buddy putin demonstrate ukraine georgia will violate sovereignty use force neighbors.here via cnn summit 2014 members fall short promise move toward official target within decade.that pledge appear hold alliance whole increase defense spend first time two decades 2015.so countries spend gdp many experts point target problematic.nato warn rush spend sake spend emphasize budget decisions must base strategic plan example want countries spend 20 defense budget equipment.some member countries simply armies big enough able absorb huge increase fund quickly 2014 summit pledge give laggards 2024 more.so trump badger pointless latvia example increase spend 40 percent last year alone almost every member nation steadily increase military spend track two percent gdp guideline pledge make 2014 already solve problem fact stance issue somewhat sinister military buildup accomplish nothing seed ill among close ally blatant disrespect refusal directly endorse article seem like try sabotage nato improve notably nation ever invoke article call ally defense soldier nations fight die ask state come defense trump say instead demand money owed.and benefit russia.featured image via stefan rousseau pool/getty image dear president moron since seem get nato work please allow educate