For 20-30 years, the US and traditional Republican conservatives tried politely to get NATO allies to increase defense spending, and 'it didn't give uh sort of traditional Republican conservatives much satisfaction that after being polite for 20 or 30 years and not getting results that it took Trump to uh to get people's attention.'
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“after being polite for 20 or 30 years and not getting results that it took Trump to uh to get people's attention.”
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John Bolton Warns: The System Is Breaking Down. The World’s Out of Control And No One's in Charge— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:34:46 AM
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