“NATO as a political alliance does need to be relooked at in terms of everything - resourcing, capabilities.” Quote by Michael T. Flynn
“Donald Trump has no intention to step away without examining all relationships that we have. His intent is to relook at the way we are organized globally, where the US is sort of expected to be a global leader, but relook at these alliances and these charters that we are under to make sure that they are still viable for the 21st century. It doesn't mean that President Trump comes into office and NATO goes away.” MeanPresidentLeaderOfficeIntention21st CenturyNatoCharter Author:Michael T. Flynn
“NATO was formed post-World War II. We're a little bit more than a half-century old. Do we want NATO to go on for another half-century? I think that the answer is, sitting here today: I don't know. If I had to bet on it, I would say, yeah, we have to have these alliances going forward and see who's going to pay for them.” ThinkingWarTodayWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War INato Author:Michael T. Flynn
“The Chinese get over 40 percent of their oil from the Middle East through the Persian Gulf, but have you ever seen a Chinese aircraft carrier sitting inside the Persian Gulf? For at least 40 years, the United States of America has been guaranteeing Chinese energy supplies. Sitting here today, the US provides funds to, honest to God, 99 percent of the countries on the planet. We even give North Korea humanitarian aid. We give them food, and God knows what they do with it. They probably feed it to the crooks in the headquarters.” GivingCountryTodayEnergyHonestHumanitarianAidsChineseFundGod KnowsNorth KoreaPersian Author:Michael T. Flynn
“I think all of Europe has been too soft on the refugee crisis.” ThinkingCrisisRefugee Author:Michael T. Flynn
“Why are all these refugees rushing to the beauty and strength of Europe and to the United States and not rushing to their own capitals or the capitals of the Muslim world? We ought to be pushing back. We ought to be putting people back on these boats and putting them back into the places where they came from and telling these leaders in the Arab world, "You have a responsibility as well."” PeopleWorldResponsibilityLeaderBoatRefugee Author:Michael T. Flynn
“Trump respects people who are selfish about their country. Putin is a guy who is very selfish about Russia and about the Russian federation, and he understands the history of his country. You can't say, "I don't like you." You've got to respect him. He's a world leader.” PeopleWorldCountryGuyLeaderLike YouSelfishWorld LeaderRespect People Author:Michael T. Flynn
“The threat of nuclear warfare is very, very low. Trump is no fool, and he sees the world as a globalized world.” WorldFoolThreatNuclear War Author:Michael T. Flynn
“Foreign policy is about US national security, it is definitely not non-intervention. It is definitely not isolationist. That's where people want to hear what they want to hear and not listen to what Donald Trump says. It is about national security for the United States, and that's fine.” PeopleSecurityPolicyForeign PolicyNational Security Author:Michael T. Flynn
“The United States should not have to intervene in every single problem around the world. The voters of this country are reacting in a very big, broad way to Mr. Trump. They are frustrated by lousy decisions made by both George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Look at the mess we have.” WorldCountryProblemDecisionMessBarackFrustrated Author:Michael T. Flynn
“Obama's decision to leave, to not sustain the victory that resulted after eight years of fighting, from 2003 to 2011 in Iraq, was another incredibly stupid decision. It was totally based on politics, not based on any notion of national security. It's a nightmare for our national security. And then you have the Libya intervention.” FightingDecisionSecurityStupidVictoryNightmareNational Security Author:Michael T. Flynn