Donald Trump has mentioned again and again that Europe must pay its fair proportion for the conflict in Ukraine.
If you happen to’re an MSNBC host, that should sound loopy.
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell just lately tried to get a Polish official to say that.
However he didn’t. In reality, it was very a lot the alternative.
Andrea Mitchell Appears Stunned by Visitor’s Reply
The Day by day Caller reported, “Polish overseas minister Radoslaw Sikorski advised MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that former President Donald Trump is ‘proper’ that European nations should pay the price of the Russia-Ukraine Battle.”
“Mitchell tried to get the Polish overseas minister to criticize Trump for calling to withhold assist for Ukraine and permit Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade any European nation that could be a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Group (NATO) that doesn’t contribute financially,” DC famous.
The story continued (emphasis added):
“What would you say to Donald Trump, who really mentioned that he would encourage Putin to enter NATO nations who don’t pay their fair proportion,” Mitchell requested Wednesday.
“Nicely, we hope that’s simply flowery rhetoric. He’s proper that we needs to be spending extra in Europe. Poland is spending effectively over 3% of GDP [gross domestic product] on protection and we’ve positioned $50 billion price of protection, orders in america,” Sikorski mentioned.
Trump mentioned at a rally in North Carolina that he had threatened to withhold assist from Ukraine throughout a dialog with a NATO ally and would “encourage” Putin to do as he needs if NATO nations don’t pay their fair proportion.
“You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent?” Trump claimed to have mentioned. “No, I’d not defend you. In reality, I’d encourage them to do regardless of the hell they need. You gotta pay. You gotta pay your payments.”
Trump’s Proper
Trump has some extent because the Polish official acknowledged to Andrea Mitchell.
Why shouldn’t European nations put extra money into the funding of Ukraine? Why does the U.S. must do all of the heavy lifting?
Particularly when America is totally broke and we’ve a severe border drawback of our personal?
Regardless of how one feels about Donald Trump, these are questions price exploring.
However don’t count on that to occur on MSNBC. And don’t count on Andrea Mitchell to discover different viewpoints.
