[ctdonath2]

So this “withholding” amounts to 15% of the money heading that direction. Hardly crippling, little more than getting their attention.

[sparklite2]

I’m just going by the article, gut 65 is more than 15% of 125.

[raiderboy]

That is nothing. We are talking billions!!!Pakistan harbored, as a matter of national policy,osama bin laden, directly attached to its military base at Abbotabod. We should have obliterated that base and all personnel in it and destroyed any counter attack effort in such a manner that Pakistan was punished. To hell with Pakistan. Because of weak leaders in this country , we did nothing— WHICH WAS CRIMINAL!!

[SaxxonWoods]

I like the move as it is. It’s a public whack upside the head, and it does hurt them. More importantly, the bad guys know Trump can keep cutting if they don’t bend, so that now hangs over their heads.

I prefer the death of a thousand cuts to simply cutting them off. Every time he cuts, it gets coverage and causes more pain for the bad guys.

[Rummyfan]

So this “withholding” amounts to 15% of the money heading that direction. Hardly crippling, little more than getting their attention.

It's a good start.

[trebb]

Trump like to get peoples’ attention before the hammer comes down....gives him more credibility for future actions/inactions.