‘Trump was right’ when he complained about Nato, says former Navy Seal Erik Prince
A retired Navy Seal has claimed that the former President of the United States Donald Trump was “right” when he complained about Nato “not paying their share.”
During his time as President, Trump pushed other countries within the Nato military alliance to contribute more to their defence spending.
The Alliance is founded on the principle of collective defence, meaning that if one Nato ally is attacked, then all Nato allies are attacked and includes around 30 countries.
Trump often said that some of the Nato countries were not contributing enough and pointed the finger at Germany who he felt was unlikely to hit the 2 per cent target by 2024.
Former Navy Seal Erik Prince claimed ‘Trump was right’ when he pointed this out.
Prince explained to GBN America: “President Trump was right to complain about Nato not paying their share.
“I think it’s only five or six of the 28 countries that are members that still pay 2 per cent of their GDP in defence. So Germany still vastly underfunds their military.
“Less than half of their tanks are functional. A huge amount of defence stocks have been transferred from those Nato countries to Ukraine and have been consumed in the battlefield.
“They haven’t been replaced yet so Europe has to have a bit of a wake up call. They need to crank up that industrial base because otherwise they’re going to find there’s not the supply they need when they need it.”
He earlier added: “It seems like as an American we’re in a second version of the Carter administration from 77 through 1980.
“The foreign policy setbacks that we’re experiencing are are often and increasing in occurrence.”
This comes after Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly told President Joe Biden during their recent summit that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China.
NBC reported that Chinese officials asked in advance of the summit that Biden make a public statement after the meeting saying that the USA supports China’s goal of peaceful unification with Taiwan but the White House declined the request.
Because of Taiwan’s military disadvantages and low durability, successfully withstanding a large-scale Chinese attack would require military intervention by the United States.
Even though the Chinese president claimed a time frame had not yet been set for China to take Taiwan, Eric told GB News that he predicts it to happen in the spring of this year.
Erik said that due to the weather conditions he expects Taiwan to be taken in May or June 2024.
He said: “It seems like as an American we’re in a second version of the Carter administration from 77 through 1980.
“The foreign policy setbacks that we’re experiencing are are often and increasing in occurrence.”