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NATO Countries Scrambling to Increase Defense Spending Because of Trump Comments – HotAir

Donald Trump is magic. You have to give him that. 

He can drive his enemies insane, inspire enormous (and irrational) loyalty in his fans, and scare the pants off of people who need his approval. He is not a politician; he is a force of Nature. 

While American pundits and politicians have been driven insane once again by Trump’s bluster about letting NATO countries hang out to dry if they don’t shape up and fulfill their treaty obligations to contribute to the common defense, the NATO countries themselves took his threats to heart and have been scrambling to–finally–fulfill promises they made decades ago.

To call Trump a bull in a china shop is unfair to the delicacy of bulls. When a bull traipses through the shop,…

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