{"id":1348695,"date":"2022-02-28T08:38:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T13:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1348695"},"modified":"2022-02-28T08:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T13:38:54","slug":"trump-vindicated-germany-to-finally-pay-nato-spending-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vindicated-germany-to-finally-pay-nato-spending-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Vindicated: Germany to FINALLY Pay NATO Spending Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-vindicated-germany-to-finally-pay-nato-spending-requirements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1348695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-810332698-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Germany has lifted its ban on selling weapons to Ukraine and has committed to finally meet its NATO defence spending requirements after the Russian invasion, in a move vindicating long-standing criticism from former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>After years of delinquency to meet its NATO obligations, Germany, the economic powerhouse of Europe has finally committed to spending at least 2 per cent of its GDP on defence spending.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking before the Bundestag on Saturday, Chancellor Olof Scholz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germanys-reversal-on-ukraine-weapons-policy-response-to-putins-aggression\/a-60932652\">said<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cFrom now on, more than 2 per cent of our GDP will be invested in our defence,\u201d announcing that the German government will commit an additional\u00a0\u20ac100 billion in this year\u2019s budget towards the German military, the\u00a0Bundeswehr.<\/p>\n<p>While Germany has increased its defence spending over recent years, it has consistently failed to reach the NATO threshold, spending just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/nato_static_fl2014\/assets\/pdf\/pdf_2019_11\/20191129_pr-2019-123-en.pdf\">1.53 per cent<\/a> on defence last year, according to NATO figures.<\/p>\n<p>The state of the German armed forces was lambasted last week by the chief of the army, Alfons Mais who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6902486582067044353\/\">wrote<\/a> that \u201cthe army that I am allowed to lead, is more or less bare.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe policy options we can offer in support of the Alliance are extremely limited. We all saw it coming and were unable to get our arguments through to draw and implement the conclusions of the Crimean annexation. That doesn\u2019t feel good! I\u2019m [disturbed]!\u201d the army chief continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Despite Promises to Trump, NATO, Germany to Miss Defence Spending Target <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xGjLmLS90b\">https:\/\/t.co\/xGjLmLS90b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1093102000852545536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Germany has long been criticised for its failure to meet its NATO obligations while at the same time shipping billions to Russia in exchange for natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>In July of 2018, President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/07\/11\/trump-starts-nato-summit-on-front-foot-blasts-hypocritical-germany-as-captive-of-russians\/\">said<\/a>: \u201cIt is very sad when Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with Russia, where we\u2019re supposed to be guarding against Russia, and Germany goes and pays out billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia. We\u2019re protecting Germany, we\u2019re protecting France, we\u2019re protecting all of these countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re paying a lot of money to protect, this has been going on for decades\u2026 it\u2019s very unfair to our country, it\u2019s very unfair to our taxpayers\u2026 these countries need to step it up, not over a ten year period, but immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The President also commented that because of a reliance on Russian gas, Germany had become \u201ccaptive\u201d to Putin\u2019s regime. After years of controversy, the German government finally decided to block the opening of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline last week.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/06\/03\/exclusive-ambassador-grenell-gives-stark-warning-over-woeful-readiness-of-nato-allies\/\">interview<\/a> with Breitbart London, then-American Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell described Germany\u2019s commitment to NATO as \u201cwoeful\u201d, saying:\u00a0\u201cGermany is the largest economy in Europe. They made a commitment to NATO, and they should be serious about that commitment; it is a multilateral institution that guarantees the allies, guaranteeing freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The approval of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia is outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s \u201cbiggest mistake\u201d, the former president of the EU Council said in comments backing up warnings from former President Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MtjINbgPL8\">https:\/\/t.co\/MtjINbgPL8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1465652116870021121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On top of Germany belatedly meeting its defence requirements, Germany also reversed its long-standing prohibition on sending or selling weapons to conflict zones. Chancellor Scholz said that Germany would be shipping 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500\u00a0surface-to-air missiles in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The German government has also lifted the ban on Estonia and the Netherlands from shipping German-made munitions to Ukraine, after previously blocking the shipments.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Germany was ridiculed over the much-maligned package of 5,000 helmets, which only arrived two days after Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine. When the aid was announced in January, Kyiv mayor and former boxing champ Vitali\u00a0Klitschko mockingly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/25\/germany-finally-sends-helmets-to-ukraine-after-putins-invasion\/\">said<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cWhat kind of support will Germany send next? Pillows?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the about-face from his government, Scholz told the German parliament:\u00a0\u201cWe need to support Ukraine in its hour of desperate need,\u201d adding:\u00a0\u201cThere was no other response possible to Putin\u2019s aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The increase in support was welcomed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1497639060063469571\">responded<\/a>: \u201cKeep it up, Chancellor Olaf Scholz! Anti-war coalition in action!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany has lifted its ban on selling weapons to Ukraine and has committed to finally meet its NATO defence spending requirements after the Russian invasion, in a move vindicating long-standing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1348695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1348695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}