Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes NATO and U.S. 'vast sums' for defense

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Source: Reuters





World News | Sun Mar 19, 2017 | 6:41am EDT



http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20170319&t=2&i=1177143601&w=780&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXMPED2I073
German Defense minister Ursula von der Leyen listens to media in Amari air base, Estonia, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins



German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States "vast sums" of money for defense.

"There is no debt account at NATO," von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance's target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO.

"Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism," von der Leyen said.

She said everyone wanted the burden to be shared fairly and for that to happen it was necessary to have a "modern security concept" that included a modern NATO but also a European defense union and investment in the United Nations...................................

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-germany-defence-idUSKBN16Q0D8?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

[lark]

1. Aw, they should know that's too complicated for Hair Furor to understand.

He doesn't get more than 1 variable, more than that is too much complexity for his coke addled brain. That's why he can't have more than a 1 page security summary, it confuses him if there's more.

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2. STOP quoting his tweets. (Use "Germany pays for NATO, contrary to Trump falsehood")

STOP quoting his tweets.

Use the Lakoff strategy. Proper headline here is "Germany pays fair share for NATO, contrary to Trump false tweet"

[DonViejo]

3. Locking...

Duplicate of http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141732406