[peepeepoopoo89]

NATO as it exists today is a welfare program where US taxpayers subsidize the defense budgets of European countries so they can afford lavish social benefits programs for their citizens while the US drowns in both personal and federal debt. You were never going to come help us, and the exploitative relationship between our countries is now over. Good luck.

[leviliebvin]

This is a fascinating perspective. Because a lot of people would rather say that NATO is a US-led project intended to protect US hegemony.

[meiraleal]

You are both right, that's why this "partnership" stands.

[peepeepoopoo89]

NATO needs the US a lot more than the US needs NATO. It wasn't always this way, but today we really don't get anything out of being allied with a deindustrialized and demilitarized Europe that is currently doing its absolute best to provoke an irrational and unstable neighboring world power.

[jlengrand]

In volume, maybe, not in % though. https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/8b366e9a-5353-4a83-9510-bad111a54d...

Which should still leave plenty for lavish social benefits programs, since other places can afford it.

Genuinely looking forward seeing the US folks get a better coverage soon.