Marine veteran Joey Jones said he liked seeing President Trump call out America's European allies for what he said is "unfair" trade with the United States.
The president tweeted on Sunday after meeting with world leaders that the country's allies should pay for their protection by the U.S.
Just returned from France where much was accomplished in my meetings with World Leaders. Never easy bringing up the fact that the U.S. must be treated fairly, which it hasn’t, on both Military and Trade. We pay for LARGE portions of other countries military protection,........
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2018
He said that losses sustained by the U.S. as a result of spending "hundreds of billions of dollars" to help our allies have been "ridiculously unfair."
"I'm glad that we finally have a president who's challenging some of these antiquated arrangements we have," Jones said on Fox & Friends.
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Trump said in another tweet that it's time for "these very rich countries" to pay the U.S. for the military protection it provides them.
.....of money spent on protecting other countries, and we get nothing but Trade Deficits and Losses. It is time that these very rich countries either pay the United States for its great military protection, or protect themselves...and Trade must be made FREE and FAIR!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2018
"We need to re-look at these things and take a look at why we are where we are," Jones said of Trump's comments.
He also reacted Tuesday to French President Emmanuel Macron's comments over the weekend that appeared to be a swipe at Trump's self-described nationalism.
The problem is that Emmanuel suffers from a very low Approval Rating in France, 26%, and an unemployment rate of almost 10%. He was just trying to get onto another subject. By the way, there is no country more Nationalist than France, very proud people-and rightfully so!........
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
"Before you point a finger at us and anything along the lines of calling us a villain, you need to understand that we exist because you all couldn't get it right," he said.
In response to Macron's suggestion to form a European military, Jones added that the French president needs to understand that France "inherently needs" the United States.
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