Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato countries who don’t pay ‘bills’

Ironic. He's famed for not paying his own bills.

Ladies and gentlemen, your next President.

Sounds good to me.

What a guy: “No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”

Anyway, without the United States, the population of NATO is 624 million. And they couldn't stop Russia?

We should start expelling all of the MAGAts to Russia.

I'm sure they would love it there.

And his idiot cultists probably cheered.

God, MAGAts are a plague upon humanity

He's a cheap thug.

No one who has declared bankruptcy should be telling anyone anything about finances, unless they are going to simply say: "Don't be me.".

I like this bit:

[italic]"Though some doubted whether the conversation in question even took place"...[/italic]

The man is visibly sick. He’s not really running for President. Look at him, if you told me he was undergoing chemo, I’d believe it.

Frankly I think at this point Gavin Newsom could win just by the side by side comparison

Dump also said this:

Speaking to thousands of supporters at an event organized by the National Rifle Association (NRA), Trump promised to rescind a rule curbing sales of gun accessories known as pistol braces and other regulations put in place by the Biden administration.

"Every single Biden attack on gun owners and manufacturers will be terminated my very first week back in office, perhaps my first day," Trump said in a speech at the Great American Outdoor show in Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania.

I mean that would have probably have been an effective threat 3 years ago. But now we know they're effectively a wet paper tiger good luck with that

The irony of a man who has persistently not paid his bills whenever he could get away with it (his businesses have filed for bankruptcy no less than six times) saying this...........

I also doubt the conversation happened - it just doesn't ring true that a president of a NATO country would say that because it misunderstands how NATO works.

I'm honestly surprised that La Cosa Nostra never whacked him for unpaid bills.

Remember when Kevin McCarthy said Putin pays Trump?

Also, Trump cannot unilaterally pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval so good luck with that (many Republican senators and reps will not sign up for that).

WaPo Dec 2023:

[quote]Congress this week approved a measure aimed at preventing any U.S. president from unilaterally withdrawing the United States from NATO without congressional approval. Passage came amid long-standing concerns that Donald Trump may try to exit the alliance if he returns to office. The provision was included in the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual bill detailing defense policy, which was passed by the House on Thursday and is awaiting the signature of President Biden. Under the measure, advocated by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the president would be prohibited from withdrawing from NATO without the approval of two-thirds of the Senate or separate legislation passed by Congress.

donald speaks openly to his one-person audience, Putin.

Trump is doing his The Wall populist schtick again. Saying stuff that he can't do and his dumb voters eat it up.

We’re all gonna find out if he can do it or not.

[quote]We’re all gonna find out if he can do it or not.

I'm 100% sure that he can't if he needs two-thirds of senators to approve it. Even if it was mathematically possible, a lot of senators are pro-military and pro-NATO, not Trumpers. They are not going to vote for it.

Sorry Putin and Putin-lickers. It's not going to happen.

Nacho Man (1:45:10)

R17 that reminded me of Tim Kaine - he and Hillary got more votes in 2016, he looks more palatible to rust belt men than Kamala, and he's a youthful 65. Can we swap him out with Kamala - or Joe, for that matter?

*palatable

Sorry, it only looked funny after I'd pressed reply.

R23, I guarantee most people couldn't name Hillary's running mate - I probably couldn't if you hadn't mentioned his name. Totally forgettable.

R25, he was a total non-entity.

Russia ain't shit. We really need to be scared of whoever they sold their stolen weapons to. What a garbage people. My biggest disappointment was my DNA test results teeming with Russian

[quote] Russia ain't shit.

Obama basically said just this and he was right. Russia is nothing more than a regional bully. Their best days are long behind them.

[quote]“One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, ‘Well, sir, if we don’t pay, and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?’” Trump said, adding “I said, ‘You didn’t pay, you’re delinquent?’”

I'll bet that was Macron. President of a large country. I'm sure Macron hated Dump.

This is a good tweet:

[italic]"US Republicans might wish to remember that the only time ever Art 5 of the Nato treaty was invoked was right after 9/11 : allies went on alert to help defend the US - and US civilian and military facilities in Europe and beyond, including airfields, headquarters, embassies, etc.".[/italic]

Then those same countries (including non-NATO allies like Australia) helped the US invade Iraq and Afghanistan based on total lies. And it was an unmitigated disaster...

[quote] You got to pay your bills.”

He stiffed a whole bunch of contractors back in his day in the '80s and early '90s. I'm honestly surprised he's still alive.

[quote]I'm honestly surprised that La Cosa Nostra never whacked him for unpaid bills. AND I'm honestly surprised he's still alive.

There's still time. It's a good time for it right now.

R32, true. And La Cosa Nostra [bold]NEVER[/bold] forgets. They'll bill you down to every cent and penny, plus interest.

The Orange Sweetums can have as much of my poosey as he wants. The problem is that ladybugs bitch always stands in the way.

Whenever Trump is recounting something said to him, the other person is always extremely deferential. They always call him Sir at least once.

LOL

Sez the swindler who has filed his companies for bankruptcy many times and is notorious for stiffing his lawyers.

I'll bet you anything Trump received some 'warnings' from some fellas for his unpaid bills. Maybe that's what drove him into the arms of the Russians? Protection in exchange for doing their bidding.

How about Russia invade Mar-a-Lago for unpaid bills.

And we gave the nuclear codes to this unspeakable bastard.

R39, "WE" didn't.

Republicans did.