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2. NATO allies know what NATO is. The felon, not so much.

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 11:42 PM

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As pointed out by General Sir Nick Carter, who served as the UK's Chief of the Defense Staff, and who also held numerous NATO command roles, "NATO was created as a... defensive alliance." A simple fact that apparently escapes the felon. (See link and excerpts from the BBC article below).

One thing that seems clear to me is that the warped minds that decided it was a good idea to dub the DoD with the fictional title "Department of War," were utterly clueless about the values reflected in the name, Dept. of Defense. It seems that they are, in fact, seriously confused about what the word "defense" even means. So it is perhaps not surprising that the felon is mystified that members of a defensive alliance refuse to join the U.S. as "allies" in his criminal war of aggression.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r17plnvy3o

Throughout his two terms in office, Donald Trump hasn't been shy to criticise – even to attack – Washington's Nato allies.

But his latest suggestion – that failing to secure the Strait of Hormuz would be "very bad for the future of Nato" – implies an understanding of the alliance's purpose that has already raised eyebrows.

"Nato was created as a…defensive alliance," Gen Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of the Defence Staff, told the BBC on Monday.

"It was not an alliance that was designed for one of the allies to go on a war of choice and then oblige everybody else to follow," he said. "I'm not sure that's the sort of Nato that any of us wanted to belong to."

Coming from a president who only two months ago was making strident claims to Greenland, the sovereign territory of a fellow Nato member, there's more than a little irony in his latest remarks.
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