Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Blasts Trump Desire That Allies Pay More for U.S. Troops

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A top Republican blasted the Trump administration’s potential demand that countries pay the full cost of hosting U.S. troops and then some, saying it’s a “wrongheaded” move that would jeopardize both national security and relationships with allies.

“It would be absolutely devastating,” Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who heads the House Republican Conference and serves on the Armed Services Committee, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Cheney was responding to a Bloomberg News report on Friday that the administration is developing so-called “cost plus 50” plans to force countries to pay the full price of American soldiers deployed on their soil, plus an additional 50 percent or more for the privilege. Nations hosting American forces could see their tab climb five to six times their current costs.

Cheney vowed to oppose the move in Congress. Asked whether fellow Republicans would join her in rejecting the plan, she said:
“It’s going to be very important for us to make sure that people understand the danger that that will do to our relationships and to our fundamental security,”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-10/cheney-blasts-trump-desire-that-allies-pay-more-for-u-s-troops?srnd=politics-vp

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

1. Putin's really pushing Fat Donnie to get the U.S. out of all our historic alliances.

I wonder what other sweet nothings Vlad's whispering into IQ45's ear during their late night telephone calls and private one-on-one meetings? Clearly Trump is an unregistered agent of a foreign country.

Putin certainly knows which buttons to push: (1) appeal to Donnie Two Scoops' vanity, (2) tell him he's being taken advantage of, and (3) letting him know that standing up to our allies is an act of courage that no president before him has been smart enough and courageous enough to do.