It won’t be enough to catch up on 30 years of peace dividends, but it’s a step in the right direction. Let’s just hope there will be many more steps to come.
I guess Russia won’t be able to attack them now. Trump won’t let Putin do that!
**/S** < for the people who are too stupid to pick up the sarcasm regarding Trump and his belief that he can tell anyone and everyone how to live and what to do!
The most annoying thing about this is that Trump will certainly sell this as his doing.
As if decisions about Billions in Germany happen in two days and depended on the ramblings of some presidential candidate.
About time.
As an Estonian I send my thanks to Trump for making Europe more secure. Now you Americans can focus on China and the Middle-East.
If hungary 🇭🇺 who have a pro Putin leader in charge can do it then nobody has an excuse not to
Finally. Glad to have Germany take EU security seriously.
Who is the US president when Germany finally hit the 2% target? Hint, not Donny the man boy rapist crook traitor
“Hey guys. How’s our group project coming?”
Good, but could you now give some Taurus missiles for Ukraine. It’s Valentine’s Day, after all…
Well like it was stated in 2014 in wales. Nato countries should reach 2% gdp for defence within 10 years. 2014-2024. Just another internationale treaty that was fulifilled.
This is good news, there are very few countries that need a budget increase more than Germany.
With the exception of the German navy, the military was allowed to be reduced to entirely unacceptable levels for a country as large and important as Germany.
Look up the current inventory of the German Air Force to get an idea of how bad things are.
The entire German army is only fielding about 300 modern tanks at the moment including A5 models from the 90’s
Trump the lump is going to take this as a victory smh
Have to give Putin some credit. He’s done something the last 5 or so US presidents have failed to do, and get more of NATO to actually pay their part of the bill.
Except you Poland. You’ve been in the cool club for a while now. Respect.
>**At the Wales Summit in 2014**, in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and the turmoil in the Middle East, NATO Leaders agreed to reverse the trend of declining defence budgets and decided:
Allies currently meeting the 2% guideline on defence spending will aim to continue to do so;
Allies whose current proportion of GDP spent on defence is below this level will: halt any decline; aim to increase defence expenditure in real terms as GDP grows; and aim to move towards the 2% guideline **within a decade** with a view to meeting their NATO Capability Targets and filling NATO’s capability shortfalls.
Galaxy brain move to enter recession to attain NATO 2% target
So Germany is now supporting P2W?
In the past they was more like F2P
But meanwhile they pay their subscription
gut gemacht
Shame it will take way more than 2% to actually turn bundeswehr into a capable military force, at least relative of what it should be given Germany’s economic strength. It’s been neglected for years, and I can’t imagine it will be ready for a proper war earlier than 2030.
I wish Canada would. They aren’t even spending enough money on housing for their own soldiers. They have the most outdated military equipment in NATO.
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The gold tier protection plan
It won’t be enough to catch up on 30 years of peace dividends, but it’s a step in the right direction. Let’s just hope there will be many more steps to come.
I guess Russia won’t be able to attack them now. Trump won’t let Putin do that!
**/S** < for the people who are too stupid to pick up the sarcasm regarding Trump and his belief that he can tell anyone and everyone how to live and what to do!
The most annoying thing about this is that Trump will certainly sell this as his doing.
As if decisions about Billions in Germany happen in two days and depended on the ramblings of some presidential candidate.
About time.
As an Estonian I send my thanks to Trump for making Europe more secure. Now you Americans can focus on China and the Middle-East.
If hungary 🇭🇺 who have a pro Putin leader in charge can do it then nobody has an excuse not to
Finally. Glad to have Germany take EU security seriously.
Who is the US president when Germany finally hit the 2% target? Hint, not Donny the man boy rapist crook traitor
“Hey guys. How’s our group project coming?”
Good, but could you now give some Taurus missiles for Ukraine. It’s Valentine’s Day, after all…
Well like it was stated in 2014 in wales. Nato countries should reach 2% gdp for defence within 10 years. 2014-2024. Just another internationale treaty that was fulifilled.
This is good news, there are very few countries that need a budget increase more than Germany.
With the exception of the German navy, the military was allowed to be reduced to entirely unacceptable levels for a country as large and important as Germany.
Look up the current inventory of the German Air Force to get an idea of how bad things are.
The entire German army is only fielding about 300 modern tanks at the moment including A5 models from the 90’s
Trump the lump is going to take this as a victory smh
Have to give Putin some credit. He’s done something the last 5 or so US presidents have failed to do, and get more of NATO to actually pay their part of the bill.
Except you Poland. You’ve been in the cool club for a while now. Respect.
>**At the Wales Summit in 2014**, in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and the turmoil in the Middle East, NATO Leaders agreed to reverse the trend of declining defence budgets and decided:
Allies currently meeting the 2% guideline on defence spending will aim to continue to do so;
Allies whose current proportion of GDP spent on defence is below this level will: halt any decline; aim to increase defence expenditure in real terms as GDP grows; and aim to move towards the 2% guideline **within a decade** with a view to meeting their NATO Capability Targets and filling NATO’s capability shortfalls.
within a decade as agreed
[source](https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm)
Galaxy brain move to enter recession to attain NATO 2% target
So Germany is now supporting P2W?
In the past they was more like F2P
But meanwhile they pay their subscription
gut gemacht
Shame it will take way more than 2% to actually turn bundeswehr into a capable military force, at least relative of what it should be given Germany’s economic strength. It’s been neglected for years, and I can’t imagine it will be ready for a proper war earlier than 2030.
I wish Canada would. They aren’t even spending enough money on housing for their own soldiers. They have the most outdated military equipment in NATO.
Glad EU is taking EU security seriously.