Visitors look at the Eurofighter Typhoon jet during the ILA Air Show in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Reuters: Military gets a boost in revised German spending plan
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German military has received a hefty boost in a revised budget plan from 2020 after Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen refused to sign off the previous draft.
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Monday proposed adding 5.7 billion euros (£5 billion) to the planned military budget from 2020, to buy more ships, fighter jets and other weaponry over several years, on top of a more modest 323 million euro boost in 2019.
Germany is under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to boost its military spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product from the current 1.2 percent - an issue that has sparked great debate within the ruling coalition.
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Update: Under Pressure From Trump, Germany Boosts Military Spending (Zero Hedge)
WNU editor: Pressure from President Trump aside, they are also spending money because their military is in a mess .... Germany's Military Is A Total Mess (November 6, 2018).
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These defense outlays can't last unless the German people see a threat to justify the increased monies.
I predict they won't and with Trump's defeat in 2020 or with his winning a second term, the Germans will cut back just as soon as possible.
The Greens, SPD, Linke don't support the increases and they poll almost 50% of the votes.
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Russians are never a threat unless Democrats deem them a threat, which they lie about in order to have an additional election issue.
Georgia under under attack. "No Problem" say the Democrats
Latvia or Estonia under under attack. "No Prob" say the Democrats
Ukraine under attack "Cool say the Democrats
No election issue "Houston we have a problem." say the Democrats
Seriously can Putin out electioneer Brenda Snipes? or any other Democrat?
Get the fuck out of here. No, he can't.
If Poot Poot manufactured 100,000 votes, the Democrats would just keep the polls open or keep finding ballots in the trunks of cars (Minnesota), schools (Broward), etc after election day was over.
Putin looks like a paragon of virtue compared to the DNC and he murders journalists.
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