Name:   phil - Subject:   Let's break that down.... Date:   5/30/2017 4:07:59 PM (updated 5/30/2017 4:15:12 PM)

Is Mr. Trump the first to raise this concern?

No. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama both pressed NATO allies to increase military spending. It was a regular theme of Robert M. Gates, who served as defense secretary under both presidents. In his final policy speech before stepping down in 2011, Mr. Gates said Americans were growing impatient spending money “on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense.”

Mr. Obama raised it during a visit to Europe after Russia’s Ukraine intervention. “One of the things that I think, medium and long term, we’ll have to examine is whether everybody is chipping in,” he said. “And this can’t just be a U.S. exercise or a British exercise or one country’s efforts.”

awww try again - your Hero Obama pushed it  - 

We can not be the police force for the world.  We should not be arming the rest of the damn world or be expected to jump and run when they did not.  We should not have to protect the rest of the damn world from crappy decisions when they actually neighbor with war zones.

If you live somewhere and your neighbors are constantly breaking in and taking your stuff - lets wait for the police from 100000 miles away or maybe I should have bought that gun from the store and shot that punk in the face.....