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that's the joke.

And yet the statement is true and the irony just whooshed over your head.

Perhaps he is, I've no idea. I, however, do live in Denmark and am able to point out that we get all that. Hell, if I spend money on health in Europe I get it returned by the state when I come back.

Does my being physically present at some point on this planet make the original argument any more or less valid?

Sure, we have many problems but actually getting good benefits and seeing our taxes put to use at our isn't one of them.

Denmark is one of the NATO countries who don't contribute the required 2% of their GDP to their defense budget.

So, we're effectively pulling your weight in that.

That's probably the one thing I actually agree with Trump on: when he said the whole "NATO, we have to talk" comments. We're all living under the US umbrella when it comes to defense and it's pathetic that we don't fulfil the terms of the agreement we made.