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		hfsh 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump wins presidency for second time And by 'pay more' he means 'buy more US weapons'. NATO is a conveniently captive market for the US arms manufacturers, and no way they're going to want to pull out of that while they still have stock to sell.

tekknik 11 months ago | [–]

you’re free to make your own weapons, plenty of NATO countries do.

codersfocus 11 months ago | [–]

Turkey bought Russian weapons and wasn't kicked out. They were barred from buying more US weapons for a while.

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