Trump swipes at senators, Mattis over military alliances
Source: Politico
By GARRETT ROSS 12/24/2018 10:48 AM EST
President Donald Trump on Monday offered a fresh rebuke of senators who have criticized his recent military actions and the departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, jabbing at the retired Marine general as well.
In a pair of tweets, Trump pushed back on the notion that he does not value global military alliances, saying that he does not like when countries “take advantage” of the United States in “Military Protection and Trade.”
“To those few Senators who think I don’t like or appreciate being allied with other countries, they are wrong, I DO. What I don’t like, however, is when many of these same countries take advantage of their friendship with the United States, both in Military Protection and Trade…” Trump tweeted, adding in a followup: “....We are substantially subsidizing the Militaries of many VERY rich countries all over the world, while at the same time these countries take total advantage of the U.S., and our TAXPAYERS, on Trade. General Mattis did not see this as a problem. I DO, and it is being fixed!”
While it was unclear which senators Trump was referring to, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) appeared on NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday and called out Trump over his divergent view of foreign policy from Mattis.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/24/trump-mattis-military-alliances-1074816
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they are the ones asshole that helped us take back the northern part of Iraq, without them we could not have taken it back, that is a fact..................you really are as "stupid" as a box of rocks, and rocks have more common sense.................do you ever listen to yourself speak..............this isn't about Trade...............dumb shit.........................
This time, the United States is betraying more than just the Kurds, allies say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/isis-is-not-defeated-and-will-return-if-the-us-pulls-out-says-americas-syrian-allies/2018/12/20/0e0502c2-03d5-11e9-958c-0a601226ff6b_story.html?utm_term=.75a72b5b23c2
