Germany’s Merz: ‘we have been free-riders in the past’. In so many geopolitical aspects, US President Donald J. Trump has been way ahead of the curve. Case in point: the (lack of) fairness in the defense efforts by the Western powers. Since his first mandate, Trump has railed against NATO allies (and Europe in general) for freeloading on the US’ military infrastructure, forcefully calling on them to dramatically step up their defense spending. Trump was called all sorts of bad names by European Globalists, by Democrats, Rinos, and Neocons. But now, years later, we get to see German Chancellor Friedrich Merz openly admitting the Trump criticism that Europe ‘was doing too little to fund its own defense and security’. BBC reported: “’We know we have…
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