What the incoming president fails to understand is that the money that the US funnels towards NATO helps keep a lid on conflicts "over there", so they don't end up "over here", like WWII.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Yeah NATO is a force for American power. It gives us undue influence in the world. And also I can’t imagine wanting a powerful United States and not wanting a powerful nato. It’s a threat of overwhelming force so we can only spend money instead of American lives on stabilizing our interests and critical allies. It’s also a way to have MAD countries without nuclear proliferation, or allowing allies we don’t want to have nukes (Germany) to have them.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 15 hours ago

What the president elect fails to understand is mainly how the world works if your daddy isn't able to give you a small loan of a million bucks.