Interview: "Imperial Decline”
At the NATO summit, almost all European nations agreed to raise military spending to 5% of GDP after Trump threatened to withhold US defence if they didn't.
“Trump wants to move towards a much, much more instrumental & crudely material, transactional politics."
~Richard Seymour
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“Imperial Decline”: NATO Nations Boost War Spending at Trump’s Urging as He Defends Iran Bombing
At the NATO summit in the Hague, almost all European nations reached an agreement to raise military spending to 5% of each county’s GDP. This comes as President Trump said the U.S.Democracy Now!
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