Mary Trump - The Daily Wrap Up
Yesterday, Donald met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office ahead of next month’s NATO summit. The meeting was supposed to focus on the future of the alliance, defense spending, the war with Iran, and the growing tensions between the United States and its European allies. Those tensions, of course, are not the product of unavoidable geopolitical realities. They are tensions Donald has deliberately created through years of antagonizing America’s closest allies while rewarding authoritarian leaders.
After the meeting, the two men took questions from reporters. Unsurprisingly, Donald used the opportunity to revisit many of his favorite grievances, once again portraying America’s allies as freeloaders who have somehow taken advantage of him personally rather than longstanding partners in one of the most successful military alliances in modern history.
Donald: I was disappointed. I was disappointed with Italy. I was disappointed with the UK. He’s now gone and he had a lot of problems, but we were disappointed with the UK. We were disappointed with Germany and France. We’re disappointed with most of them. Spain is a horror show. Spain is terrible even from your standpoint. I mean, they don’t want to pay anything. They think they’re in for a free ride. Spain is not a good group, not a good group at all.
I always find it remarkable to hear Donald complain about other people getting a free ride while he continues living rent free in a house maintained at taxpayer expense as he simultaneously grifts billions of dollars from the American people.
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