Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
Freeriding what? Whom did the US actually defend us from since NATO was established?
And who asked the US to spend 4% of GDP? Why don't they just spend 2% and why did Trump increase the military budget if he thinks he's spending too much money on it? And why was the 2% goal only loosely set in the 90s?

On that note, why does the US demand us to see THAT goal as binding, but would never sign a climate contract with binding goals?
How about we accept that binding goal if the US accepts a binding goal that we like, such as a certain CO2 reduction (that we would also agree to of course)?

I mean, if we just accept some US wish and get none of our wishes granted, surely that would be a bad deal for us...Germany First!
We should be able to defend ourself. For a country like the Netherlans meeting the NATO-standard on spending doesn't make much sense, it's a small country with a huge economy, but in general NATO-partners could, and should, do better