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Author: SuisseBear 🐝🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 75957 
Subject: Trump issues Ultimatum to Europe
Date: 04/09/26 6:35 PM
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… or is it a multimatum:

Donald Trump has reportedly issued Nato allies with an ultimatum to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz within days, as his ceasefire with Iran risks collapse over Israel’s deadly strikes on Lebanon.

Nato boss Mark Rutte told European leaders that Mr Trump expects partners to make concrete military commitments, according to Der Spiegel, casting the demand as an “ultimatum”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-ea...
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Author: jerryab   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trump issues Ultimatum to Europe
Date: 04/09/26 6:42 PM
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Ignore Spankee. He is doing what all cowards do. THEY RUN AWAY and demand others DO SOMETHING !!
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Author: Steve203 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trump issues Ultimatum to Europe
Date: 04/09/26 9:05 PM
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Interesting tidbit from Joe Kent today.

As has been posted before, Turkey is Israel's next target, after the US helps wreck Iran.

That would be a problem, because Israel would want the US to do the heavy lifting against Turkey, but both the US and Turkey are members of NATO.

Here's a report on what Kent said.

US may leave NATO to support Israel against Türkiye in Syria, says former intel chief Kent

Former U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said Thursday that leaving NATO would not be about avoiding foreign entanglements but about siding with Israel in a potential future clash with Türkiye in Syria.

"Unfortunately, leaving NATO won't be to avoid foreign entanglements, we'll be leaving NATO so we can side with Israel when Türkiye & Israel eventually clash in Syria," Kent wrote.

He added, "This is after we helped topple the secular Syrian government and installed a former AQ/ISIS leader as president. Time to stop playing arsonist and fireman in the Middle East, it's just not worth it."


https://www.turkiyetoday.com/world/us-may-leave-na...

So, all the huffing and puffing about NATO refusing to fight Trump's war in Iran, is just cover, so Trump the Conqueror can blame NATO when he pulls the US out.

The US attacking Turkey would put NATO in a bind. Holding the US off would demand so many NATO resources, they may be vulnerable to Russian aggression.

Steve
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Author: AlphaWolf 🐝🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trump issues Ultimatum to Europe
Date: 04/09/26 11:44 PM
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Donald Trump has reportedly issued Nato allies with an ultimatum to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz within days, as his ceasefire with Iran risks collapse over Israel’s deadly strikes on Lebanon.

Nato boss Mark Rutte told European leaders that Mr Trump expects partners to make concrete military commitments, according to Der Spiegel, casting the demand as an “ultimatum”.


Yet another life lesson that Trump never learned:

Make friends before you need them.
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