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发帖数: 7021 | 1 PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much, Secretary General Stoltenberg.
Chancellor Merkel, thank you very much. Other heads of state and government
, I am honored to be here with members of an alliance that has promoted
safety and peace across the world.
Prime Minister May, all of the nations here today grieve with you and stand
with you. I would like to ask that we now observe a moment of silence for
the victims and families of the savage attack which took place in Manchester
. (A moment of silence is observed.) Thank you. Terrible thing.
This ceremony is a day for both remembrance and resolve. We remember and
mourn those nearly 3,000 innocent people who were brutally murdered by
terrorists on September 11th, 2001. Our NATO allies responded swiftly and
decisively, invoking for the first time in its history the Article 5
collective defense commitments.
The recent attack on Manchester in the United Kingdom demonstrates the
depths of the evil we face with terrorism. Innocent little girls and so
many others were horribly murdered and badly injured while attending a
concert -- beautiful lives with so much great potential torn from their
families forever and ever. It was a barbaric and vicious attack upon our
civilization.
All people who cherish life must unite in finding, exposing, and removing
these killers and extremists -- and, yes, losers. They are losers.
Wherever they exist in our societies, we must drive them out and never, ever
let them back in.
This call for driving out terrorism is a message I took to a historic
gathering of Arab and Muslim leaders across the region, hosted by Saudi
Arabia. There, I spent much time with King Salman, a wise man who wants to
see things get much better rapidly. The leaders of the Middle East have
agreed at this unprecedented meeting to stop funding the radical ideology
that leads to this horrible terrorism all over the globe.
My travels and meetings have given me renewed hope that nations of many
faiths can unite to defeat terrorism, a common threat to all of humanity.
Terrorism must be stopped in its tracks, or the horror you saw in Manchester
and so many other places will continue forever. You have thousands and
thousands of people pouring into our various countries and spreading
throughout, and in many cases, we have no idea who they are. We must be
tough. We must be strong. And we must be vigilant.
The NATO of the future must include a great focus on terrorism and
immigration, as well as threats from Russia and on NATO’s eastern and
southern borders. These grave security concerns are the same reason that I
have been very, very direct with Secretary Stoltenberg and members of the
Alliance in saying that NATO members must finally contribute their fair
share and meet their financial obligations, for 23 of the 28 member nations
are still not paying what they should be paying and what they’re supposed
to be paying for their defense.
This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many
of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years and not
paying in those past years. Over the last eight years, the United States
spent more on defense than all other NATO countries combined. If all NATO
members had spent just 2 percent of their GDP on defense last year, we would
have had another $119 billion for our collective defense and for the
financing of additional NATO reserves.
We should recognize that with these chronic underpayments and growing
threats, even 2 percent of GDP is insufficient to close the gaps in
modernizing, readiness, and the size of forces. We have to make up for the
many years lost. Two percent is the bare minimum for confronting today’s
very real and very vicious threats. If NATO countries made their full and
complete contributions, then NATO would be even stronger than it is today,
especially from the threat of terrorism.
I want to extend my appreciation to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York
for contributing this remnant of the North Tower, as well as to Chancellor
Merkel and the German people for donating this portion of the Berlin Wall.
It is truly fitting that these two artifacts now reside here so close
together at the new NATO Headquarters. And I never asked once what the new
NATO Headquarters cost. I refuse to do that. But it is beautiful.
Each one marks a pivotal event in the history of this Alliance and in the
eternal battle between good and evil. On one side, a testament to the
triumph of our ideals over a totalitarian Communist ideology bent on the
oppression of millions and millions of people; on the other, a painful
reminder of the barbaric evil that still exists in the world and that we
must confront and defeat together as a group, as a world.
This twisted mass of metal reminds us not only of what we have lost, but
also what forever endures -- the courage of our people, the strength of our
resolve, and the commitments that bind us together as one.
We will never forget the lives that were lost. We will never forsake the
friends who stood by our side. And we will never waiver in our
determination to defeat terrorism and to achieve lasting security,
prosperity and peace.
Thank you very much. It’s a great honor to be here. Thank you
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/25/remarks-president-
trump-nato-unveiling-article-5-and-berlin-wall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPjC4gdckXY | T********e
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发帖数: 1760 | 3 American taxpayers first | C*******3
发帖数: 653 | 4 川普讲的义正辞严，自己的安全责任要靠着别人，这种吃福利的思想就是造成了欧洲人
现在越来越不上进的一个原因。而且借着柏林墙点出了目前的恐怖主义其实是意识形态
冲突，跟当年的共产主义一样。美国这么多年做冤大头，该醒醒了 | m********g
发帖数: 10469 | 5 美国这大傻当的，借了一屁股债务倒贴给别人当保安。 | i*****9
发帖数: 3157 | 6 赞，终于有人指出共产主义意识形态和其各种变种是万恶之源了
【在 C*******3 的大作中提到】
: 川普讲的义正辞严，自己的安全责任要靠着别人，这种吃福利的思想就是造成了欧洲人
: 现在越来越不上进的一个原因。而且借着柏林墙点出了目前的恐怖主义其实是意识形态
: 冲突，跟当年的共产主义一样。美国这么多年做冤大头，该醒醒了
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发帖数: 2018 | 7 川总牛比
【在 i*****9 的大作中提到】
: 赞，终于有人指出共产主义意识形态和其各种变种是万恶之源了
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