“I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,” he said, in comments published Wednesday.

How’s that three day ‘special operation’ going? You should ask him the next time you call him. In his published comments on Wednesday, Trump again rebuked the U.K., suggesting that the country’s Royal Navy was inadequate.

" You don’t even have a navy. You’re too old and had aircraft carriers that didn’t work," he said.

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    If Putin knows NATO is a paper tiger, why is he complaining about countries joining it? Why does he complain about NATO member countries on Russia’s borders? Surely a paper tiger isn’t detrimental to his interests? Why did they claim Russia is fighting NATO in Ukraine?

    Total disconnect from reality

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      These are childish provocations. NATO is not obligated to participate in a war started by one of its members without an agreement from the others. This only works if one of their members was attacked first.

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        I totally know how NATO works (am former soldier from a NATO country), I know Mario is a defensive treaty and even if you’re a member it doesn’t mean other member nations have to cooperate with you outside of NATO related activities. So yes no NATO members need to join, and no NATO member has to support the US (even if just by allowing to use the air space) outside of NATO missions it exercises.

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            8 hours ago

            That swiping keyboard typo happens way more often to me than it doesn’t

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          I haven’t said that anyone should support the USA… I only stated that orange guy wants something that isn’t supposed to be.