Donald Trump has made it damn clear since the very get-go that, just short of a very small handful of other counties, he gives absolutely zero fucks about anyone else in the world. Unless you’re Russia (or somehow connected to Russia), North Korea, or Saudi Arabia, he really has no love for you. So, basically, unless your country is run by a dictator, Donnie doesn’t want to be your friend.
It doesn’t even matter one bit if you’ve been a lifelong ally of the US — considering thousands of Kurdish individuals have now been slaughtered and/or run out of their homes by the Turkish government in a massive ethnic cleansing because Donald Trump does not give a damn if you fought alongside us, saved the lives of our own troops, or even helped us defend against ISIS. He’s got property in Turkey and Vladimir Putin needed a favor so really, that’s all that matters in his book.
The man doesn’t even really get along with the “white” countries either (France, the UK, Canada, etc.) mostly because their leaders know what a fuckwit he is and he’s not really fond of that.
But now, as a new report from a former Trump administration aide has come to light, we know just deep his disgusting disdain for one specific foreign country truly does run.
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According to former speechwriter for then-Defense Secretary James Mattis and retired US Navy commander Guy Snodgrass, Trump was far less than thrilled about providing aid to Afghanistan through a US-led coalition meeting, and ultimately ended up completely derailing a briefing with top military officials last year.
In Snodgrass’ book, Holding the Line: Inside Trump’s Pentagon With Secretary Mattis, he writes about a specific meeting at the Pentagon that took place in January of last year, when Trump was briefed on strategies and internal assessments by Mattis, in a room with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Mattis began the briefing by stating that Trump had “inherited a military that has languished for a long time,” before going on to warm Donald of an impending government shutdown, which would actually go into effect just two days after the meeting.
In continuing his briefing, Snodgrass explains that Mattis pointed out this country’s strength in relying on its allies.
But, unsurprisingly, Trump interrupted the Defense Secretary with one of his most favorite complaints — no one else is spending as much money as the US, allegedly attacking the North Atlantic Treaty Organization because they haven’t forked out as much dough as America for defense.
Evidently, Donald was “not impressed” with efforts to stabilize Afghanistan by the US and our allies.
“Seriously, who gives a shit about Afghanistan?” Snodgrass quotes Trump as saying. “So far we’re in for $7 trillion, fellas… $7 trillion including Iraq. Worst decision ever and we’re stuck with it.”
Of course, this isn’t the first time Donald has railed against aid funding in other countries, citing a $6 trillion figure in the Middle East in 2016 before bumping that number up to $7 trillion during the meeting.
He doesn’t really care if his numbers are right. Just like he doesn’t much care if anything that comes out of his mouth is even remotely true. He just really doesn’t want to be giving any money to foreign countries. Especially not the brown ones.
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