Germany’s Chancellor Merz admits:
Trump often applies pressure through a very forceful approach.
The last American presidents politely asked us, “Please, finally do a little more for your own defense,” but across Europe those requests largely fell on deaf ears.
Now there is an American president who says, rather bluntly, “Enough is enough.”
And I cannot blame him. Just look at the numbers: the United States spends around 80 percent of NATO’s defense resources, while Europe accounts for only about 20 percent.
That is unacceptable. It has always been unacceptable.
First the European leaders mocked Pres Trump as an ignorant, bombastic businessman for calling out their NATO payment shortfalls. Then, abetted by liberal jackals in MSM, they accused him of undermining the western alliance by stating this truth. Next, led by weaklings like…
— jim (@01jkwx) July 8, 2026