text: The Cheetos-in-Chief is a bit dim and doesn't understand that NATO is a military alliance set up and led by the U.S. in large part to defend its own interests.
  
  Last year Merkel stated German military spending will increase. In light of the newly-demonstrated unreliability of U.S. leadership this can only accelerate... Who would ever have thought that a U.S. president would effusively praise the likes of Vladimir Putin while undermining democratic leadership in France, Germany, Australia and the UK?
  
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  Merkel told representatives from her Christian Democratic Union's youth organizations that Germany would be increasing its military spending to 2 percent of GDP, in line with an agreement that NATO states reached in 2014. The country currently spends around 1.2 percent of GDP on the Bundeswehr.
  "In the 21st century, we won't be getting as much help as we got in the 20th. We need to greatly increase the Bundeswehr budget to get from 1.2 to 2 percent."
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  http://dw.com/p/2RHMS