Thursday, July 19, 2018

Trump Ready to Dump Montenegro

So Trump gave an interview, AFTER the Putin meeting, in which he asked why we should support Montenegro, a NATO ally.

He also said that they are very pushy hostile people and might easily start World War III. Which is bullshit. There are less Montenegrins that there are people who live in Milwaukee.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/politics/nato-montenegro-worst-nightmare-wesley-clark-cnntv/

This is a straight up Putin propoganda line.

Montenegro has broken free from Serbia and Russia's orbit. Before joining NATO in 2017, the Russians attempted to rig their (Democratic election). Instead of sitting on their asses (as we did), Montenegro called Russia out and kicked their people out of the country.

Why is Montenegro in NATO?
  • For the United States, we (NATO) didn't want Russia to have a deep sea port in the Adriatic. 
  • For Montenegro, they are on the path to democracy and European Union membership but are a tiny country. They have great relations with most everyone (the country has a number of permanent residents from Western Europe, Russia and Ukraine) - but they don't want Russia breathing down their neck.

Why is Trump bringing this up now, when he could have actually stopped their entry into NATO? Putin yelled at him.