Donald Trump is facing harsh criticism after issuing a bizarre statement during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to Congress, in which the former US president claimed that he rebuilt “a floundering Nato” and complained that he’s not getting credit for it.
“People forget so quickly, with the help of the Fake News, that it was me that got the 20 out of 28 delinquent Nato countries to start paying the money that they owed in order to rebuild a floundering Nato,” Trump claimed.
Trump then claimed that “nobody knew things would happen so rapidly, but Nato was poor and now it is rich,” before fuming that “all of the Fake News commentators that said Trump was tearing down Nato should be ashamed of themselves for telling lies.”
“Not only was the United States being taken advantage of by the EU on trade, but it was forced to pay the costs of the many delinquent NATO countries,” Trump said. “Bush and Obama did nothing but make speeches and talk — I acted, and acted strongly. I said to them, ‘if you don’t pay up, no protection’. They all paid up, and paid up quickly.”
He then slammed the media for not giving him credit. “It’s a story that’s never reported, but that’s only because we have a corrupt press in our country!”
As expected, it didn’t take long for critics to debunk Trump’s lies.
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President Donald J. Trump:
“People forget so quickly, with the help of the Fake News, that it was me that got the 20 out of 28 delinquent NATO countries to start paying the money that they owed in order to rebuild a floundering NATO. Nobody knew things would happen so… pic.twitter.com/mnWPzTUovH
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) March 16, 2022
Do you want some cheese to go with that whine?
— Mateondbay (@MateonSF) March 16, 2022
lmao. He still doesn't understand how NATO operates.
— Danielle Simmons (@Daniell40860465) March 16, 2022
Retd Adm. Stavridis, NATO fmr Supr Allied Comdr: “Even discussing the idea of leaving NATO — let alone actually doing so — w/be the gift of the century for Putin.”
Several times Trump privately said he wanted to withdraw from NATO https://t.co/KmGT6b9KUzpic.twitter.com/maa3XWlsCi https://t.co/z0dTVPMIBT
— Marie 𝘝𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘵 ᴿᵘˡᵉ ᵒᶠ ᴸᵃʷ🌻 (@AuCaDoMom) March 16, 2022
You Trump used the delinquent payments as a ruse to pull out of NATO for your boss Putin. You were trying to weaken NATO then you would have told more lies to the country to try and cover up your deliberate actions on behalf of Putin. Effing Traitor! F.O.
— Jeannie5554 (@Jeannie5554) March 16, 2022
— Tiffany™🌊⚡️💀 (@fedupwithbs513) March 16, 2022
None of this is even remotely true and not a thing. It's all nonsense.
— Edde Morgan (@MorganEdde) March 16, 2022
— CataVan (@cvhatbeach) March 16, 2022
Please stop tweeting/retweeting his crap. He was banned from Twitter for a reason and the site is much better off without him.
— ᗰᗩᖇIᗩ ᒪᗩᑎGEᖇ stands with 🇺🇦🌻 (@mlanger) March 16, 2022
