# Trump handed Merkel an invoice for $ 300 billion for providing military protection

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 26, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-handed-merkel-an-invoice-for-300-billion-for-providing-military-protection/783087 "2017-03-26T18:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-handed-merkel-an-invoice-for-300-billion-for-providing-military-protection/783087/41 "2017-03-28T23:17:42Z")

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> [@Quint](#):
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> Wasn’t Eastern Germany “a former possession of theirs”? How is “taking back” Estonia different to “taking back” East Germany?

Estonia was invaded and conquered by the Soviet Union.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-handed-merkel-an-invoice-for-300-billion-for-providing-military-protection/783087/42 "2017-03-28T23:47:52Z")

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> [@madsircool](#):
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> Estonia was invaded and conquered by the Soviet Union.

And East Germany wasn’t?

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