WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday the NATO alliance should weigh throwing Spain out of its membership ranks over a dispute about the Western European nation's lagging military spending. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The fuck did Spain do?
Not buy enough American weapons.
Resist Israel with actual bans of airspace/ports use to assist Israel. Also, Spain is leader in solar transition.
Transition? Based
energy transition, but if the boat floats… wait until the orcas sink it.
They have been pretty vocal about not being able to afford the 5% GDP spending target.
5%??? That’s insane isn’t it supposed to be 2?
A NATO summit earlier this year increased it. Basically over the next few years, NATO countries will have to spend more on defense. The 5% isn’t all direct military funding though. Some infrastructure that contributes indirectly to defense can be counted toward the 5%.
It became 2% after the Russian invasion of Crimea, but it was increased to 3.5% (+1.5% infrastructure) this year, due to threats from both Trump and Putin.
5% but 3% can be fulfilled with infrastructure spending like roads and bridges that can support tanks