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Eland2 said:One thing that would definitely do it is cutting off all trade with Canada. I seem to remember that the Germans told Trudeau Sr. "No tanks, no trade (with Germany)." And guess what happened next? The government bought new Leopard I tanks and even stationed some of them in Germany. So, if the threat to cut off trade worked in the mid-1970s, why wouldn't it work now?
That's funny! [ Helmut Kohl played the same hand that Trump is apparently playing with Merkel.
Trump may (or may not) have put a dollar value on the cost of defending Germany.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/27/white-house-rejects-claims-trump-gave-merkel-fake-380-billion-bill-for-nato-payments-transatlantic-relationship-germany-europe-security-defense/White House Rejects Claims Trump Gave Merkel Fake $376 Billion ‘Bill’ For NATO Payments
Regardless of what did or did not happen linking defence and trade is not new.
I continue to assert that the Dew Line bought the AutoPact and that North Warning bought the Canada US Free Trade Agreement.