re: #163 Charles Johnson

Trump “NATO was set up a different time. NATO was set up when we were a richer country. We’re not a rich country anymore.”

— Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) March 21, 2016

GDP of US in 1949, when NATO was established: $272.8 billion.
GDP in 2014: $17,348.1 billion (that’s $17 trillion and change - like the entire 1949 economy added in with room to spare).