Of course, Trump and other jingoistic Americans would say "about time too" that the Europeans coughed up if they want to "benefit from US protection."
But that's such a misplaced and conceited view of American "benevolence" toward its allies. NATO is and always has been a vehicle for US military intervention in European affairs, which in turn is all about projecting Washington's hegemony over Europe, and especially about Russia.
When America talks about "protecting its allies" it has much more sinister resonance with "protection rackets" run by criminal syndicates shaking down neighborhoods.
The US economy is in such chronically bad shape -- $20 trillion in debt and counting -- that its monstrous addiction to militarism is no longer viable for American taxpayers.
What property-dealer-turned-president Trump is doing is getting others to pay for this American addiction. This is what he means by "obsolete NATO." And that doesn't bode well for world peace nor for better relations with Russia.
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