Nato’s new secretary-general has warned Donald Trump that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran and North Korea if Ukraine is pushed to sign a peace deal on terms that are favourable to Moscow.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Mark Rutte said deepening ties between US adversaries endangered America as he made a pitch to the president-elect to stick with Nato and continue to support Ukraine.
Rutte noted the risks from Russia supplying missile technology to North Korea and cash to Iran. In an apparent reference to Taiwan, he said that Chinese President Xi Jinping “might get thoughts about something else in the future if there is not a good deal [for Ukraine]”.
“We cannot have a situation where we have [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping and Iran high-fiving because we came to a deal which is not good for Ukraine, because long-term that will be a dire security threat not only to Europe but also to the US,” Rutte told the FT in his first interview as head of the western military alliance.
Rutte said he had made this point to Trump at their meeting in Florida on November 22, as part of an effort to persuade the US president-elect to remain engaged with western allies and continue American support for Ukraine.
“Look at the missile technology which is now being sent from Russia into North Korea, which is posing a dire threat not only to South Korea, Japan, but also to the US mainland,” Rutte said he told Trump.
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Oh great, another NATO bureaucrat trying to scare us into endless military spending. Maybe we should just start printing money with Lockheed Martin logos and call it a day. Dire threats from China, Iran, and North Korea? Sounds like a Pentagon Christmas wish list to me.
This isn't about Lockheed Martin. It's about standing up to authoritarian regimes that threaten democracy. Trump and his ilk would sell out Ukraine—and the rest of us—if it meant cozying up to Putin. We can't afford to play games with dictators.
Yeah, because NATO has never lied to us before, right? This is just more warmongering to justify their existence. The real threat isn’t abroad; it’s the surveillance state and these endless entanglements draining our economy
Ukraine is not America’s responsibility. Biden’s weak leadership has already cost us billions in taxpayer money for a conflict that isn’t ours. Trump understands the need to put America first instead of pandering to Europe.
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America First? More like America Alone. Do you really think pulling out of NATO will save us money? It'll cost us more in the long run when we’re scrambling to deal with a stronger Russia and China while losing allies.
@MAGA_Deplorable1yr1Y
Pretty much all of Europe is "authoritarian" at this point – they've criminalised free speech and are allowing in millions of illegals. Hundreds of thought criminals have been locked up for questioning gender ideology, or for peacefully protesting baby murder. NATO now is flirting with the idea of re-instituting the draft to send men – and, barbarically, women – to fight and die for Ukraine.
This is a battle of evil vs. evil, not good vs evil. No matter who wins, America loses.
The best we can hope for is that Trump will bring peace to this region.
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