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J. D. Vance: “Germany could field between 0 and 1 mechanized brigades.”

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Sen. JD Vance _ The Tim Dillon Show #414

Published October 26, 2024 | Video Starts at 1:17:23

I mean, okay, guess how many mechanized brigades. I won't force you to actually guess how many mechanized brigades Germany could field. Right Now Germany's the fourth largest economy in the world. They Germany could field between 0 and 1 mechanized brigades. Right. If that is your country's military, you're not a partner of the United States in any security sense. You're a welfare client of the United States. And I would like Germany. (1:17:23–1:17:28)

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Asserts that Germany, despite being the fourth largest economy, has minimal mechanized military capability.

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“Nobody on the left is like, huh, that's kind of weird that the very people who are getting rich off of this are also lobbying the American…”
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“If you look at both black and white Americans, they say that race relations are worse now than they were 20 years ago.”
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“Israel has the right to defend itself, but America's interest is sometimes going to be distinct.”
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“Our interest, I think very much is in not going to war with Iran.”
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“The Iranians funded part of [the October 7 attack].”
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“Nuclear proliferation is just a bad idea.”
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“The Abraham Accords [are] Israel entering into an alliance with Gulf Arab states.”
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“The Trump campaign had requested additional resources, and those resource requests were very often denied.”
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