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Rubio: “Have to reexamine the value of NATO and alliances for our country.”

Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:38 pm
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:38 pm

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “If now we have reached the point that the NATO alliance now means that we can’t use those bases… to defend America’s interests, then NATO’s a one-way street.”

?“When we need them to allow us to use their military bases, their answer is no. Then why are we in NATO? You have to ask those questions.”

“Unfortunately, after this conflict is concluded, we are going to have to reexamine that relationship. We’re going to have to reexamine the value of NATO and alliances for our country.”
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 9:39 pm
Posted by jrobic4
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:39 pm to
frick-NATO... SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD MOTTO, OR PORNO
Posted by MrLSU
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:40 pm to
Let's put those bases in Central and South America instead!
Posted by SDVTiger
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:40 pm to
Rubio/Gabbard 2028
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:42 pm to
They want Erdogan
Posted by SallysHuman
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:42 pm to
There was a thread on the uselessness of NATO earlier... said exactly what Rubio is stating here.

Whoever think Trump & Co aren't planning ahead is crazy.
Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
8260 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:41 pm to
USA gains nothing being in NATO.
Posted by Sput
Member since Mar 2020
9169 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:53 am to
Lil Marco is becoming a dawg
Posted by BHS78
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 4:16 am to
They love the USA, as long as we are paying for everything.
Posted by leeman101
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 5:38 am to
quote:


Lil Marco is becoming a dawg


Sounds like Trump 3.0 - 2028
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 5:43 am to
quote:

They love the USA, as long as we are paying for everything.




Most don’t even live up to the obligations they agreed to.

The Russian threat is over after seeing the Russian fiasco in Ukraine. All things change. Time to move on.
Posted by Geekboy
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 5:52 am to
quote:

Rubio/Gabbard 2028

frick yes.
Posted by VolSquatch
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 5:56 am to
To me they are basically just wanting help reopening Hormuz so they can continue the war on Iran and fully cripple them. If the strait stays closed the political pressure to stop will be too great.

Or maybe he's actually serious this time about NATO. Guess we will see.
Posted by LuckyTiger
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:02 am to
quote:

Most don’t even live up to the obligations they agreed to.

The Russian threat is over after seeing the Russian fiasco in Ukraine. All things change. Time to move on.
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
2218 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:14 am to
Headline on CNBC this morning:

quote:

Trump says he’s considering pulling U.S. out of ‘paper tiger’ NATO


Link to full story
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
36994 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:24 am to
What good is an alliance if the rest of the members won't do what we want even if we don't tell them what we are going to do before we do it?

Oh, wait, we did speak with Bibi, nevermind.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:26 am to
quote:

What good is an alliance if the rest of the members won't do what we want even if we don't tell them what we are going to do before we do it? Oh, wait, we did speak with Bibi, nevermind.


STFU. No one cares what people in New Zealand think.
Posted by fr33manator
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134337 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:27 am to
quote:

They love the USA, as long as we are paying for everything.


It's like dating a girl who loves it when you are paying for everything, but the moment you try to use that strip down there, all of a sudden she tells you no.

Not a good relationship.
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
36994 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:30 am to
Truth hurts, doesn't it? All you Trumpkins have been sold a bill of goods, and like a degree from Trump University, you have found that it is as useful as a roll of toilet paper, just not as soft.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91643 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:31 am to
quote:

USA gains nothing being in NATO.


Never have and never will.
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