A White House spokesperson put it the best, I think:

The White House spokesperson Andrew Bates, when asked about Trump’s comments, said: “Encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and unhinged – and it endangers American national security, global stability and our economy at home.”

What’s so insane about all this is that Trump saying something like that out loud means it’s now practically gospel to the vast majority of GOP voters, and might as well be official party policy.

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    5 months ago

    Europe would do well to become military self-sufficient. Of course once they are, there’s not much reason to keep US forces in their territory either, so I’m not sure how much the US really wants that.

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      5 months ago

      I’m not sure how much the US really wants that

      Or anyone else for that matter. Armed Europe has a somewhat violent history.

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        5 months ago

        You know there’s only like 20 years out of America’s entire history where it wasn’t at war?