Why do three-quarters of NATO [countries] get away with not paying anything? They have to pay their bills. Michael T. Flynn More Quotes by Michael T. Flynn More Quotes From Michael T. Flynn I know Donald Trump as a very adaptive person. In my nearly three and a half decades of being in the military, I've had maybe one, maybe two guys that I've worked for that were that adaptive in combat. He adapts to the great challenges, with his own sort of street smarts and his instincts. Michael T. Flynn smartguymilitary 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. Michael T. Flynn todaywarthinking 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. Michael T. Flynn chinesegivingcountry The threat of nuclear warfare is very, very low. Trump is no fool, and he sees the world as a globalized world. Michael T. Flynn threatfoolworld 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. Michael T. Flynn foreign-policynational-securitypeople 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. Michael T. Flynn frustrateddecisioncountry 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. Michael T. Flynn fightingdecisionstupid You look at Libya, and you go, "Jesus, why the hell did we do that?" That's beyond stupid. That's so irresponsible and dangerous for our national security and frankly for the national security of Europe because you go and you look at where a lot of these refugees are coming out of, they're coming out of Misrata and Tripoli. Michael T. Flynn hellstupidjesus We have a centrist nationalist group of people in this country, lots of them, and we have a socialist group of people in this country, lots of them. And that's not, to me, the American idea. Michael T. Flynn countrypeopleideas The Democratic Party is no longer the Democratic Party. Michael T. Flynn democratic-partydemocraticparty I think we have such a political cesspool in America right now. Michael T. Flynn politicalamericathinking Why is it that the U.S. has to take refugees? Why doesn't Saudi Arabia take more. Michael T. Flynn refugeesaudi-arabiaarabia This [U.S.] bombing in Libya. So what are we doing in Libya? We just dropped some bombs on someone who we found is a leader there, maybe we killed some group attending a leadership meeting. Does this mean the problem is going to go away? No. It means we're going to have worse guys. Michael T. Flynn guyleadermean I found Donald Trump to be very attuned to what was going on around the world. Michael T. Flynn around-the-worldtrumpworld Egypt is going to be, potentially, a failed state if we don't help them. Michael T. Flynn egyptstateshelping We have zero strategic thinking out of our White House. And we have a national security structure that has lost its way when it comes to strategic thinking and strategic decision-making. Michael T. Flynn zerowhitethinking Donald Trump is a great listener, and he's a good challenger. He doesn't come across as a person who thinks he knows it all. In fact, he once told me he has had lot of things to learn. Michael T. Flynn know-it-allthinking I would have preferred to capture bin Laden and expose how he uses Islamic ideology for his own purposes. Michael T. Flynn islamicpurposeuse We have a problem with radical Islamism and I actually think that we could work together with Russia against this enemy. They have a worse problem than America does. Michael T. Flynn russiaamericathinking Russia ought to get Iran to back out of the proxy wars they are involved in. Michael T. Flynn iranrussiawar
