Fresh off of his trip to Paris, President Donald J. Trump took to Twitter criticizing France’s President Emmanuel Macron and his calls to build a European army. He also commented on trade matters and Macron’s low approval rating.
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? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or not!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
The problem is that Emmanuel suffers from a very low Approval Rating in France, 26%, and an unemployment rate of almost 10%. He was just trying to get onto another subject. By the way, there is no country more Nationalist than France, very proud people-and rightfully so!……..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
……MAKE FRANCE GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
Macron’s calls for a European army is strange considering that much of Europe doesn’t even want to pay their fair share as required by the NATO alliance.
Macron’s calls have also been echoed by Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. So as nationalism is rising throughout Europe, the two main globalist leaders of Europe think they can put together a European army.
But what’s the point of NATO if European leaders are demanding a new European army and won’t pay their existing NATO obligations? NATO is centered solely around the United States. And without American military power, NATO isn’t much of a force.
Trump should use the fact that European countries aren’t paying their bills and these new calls for a European army to leave the alliance. This arrangement is ridiculous and benefits these European countries far more than the United States.
There’s no reason for America to continue subsidizing the military needs of these European nations.