Donald Trump '100% behind NATO' after Theresa May talks
Source: Sky News
Donald Trump '100% behind NATO' after Theresa May talks
Mr Trump assures the PM he is committed to NATO but they disagree on whether sanctions against Russia should be lifted.
23:06, UK, Friday 27 January 2017
By Faisal Islam, Political Editor, at the White House
Theresa May was able to declare Donald Trump "100% behind NATO" during his first meeting with a foreign leader since becoming President last week.
The Prime Minister's team are delighted their decision to fully engage with the new President has led to concrete results, reining in some of his radical rhetoric that had troubled many Western allies.
President Trump did, however, leave open the possibility that he will imminently lift some sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine. He is due to have a call with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
"We will see what happens," said Mr Trump. "We look to have a great relationship with all countries, ideally. That won't necessarily happen, unfortunately - probably won't happen with many countries.
Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-100-behind-nato-after-theresa-may-talks-10745459
Of course, tomorrow, the policy will change
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,705 posts)After he talks to Putin he'll say something entirely different.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)Over the phone, he'll hear the sound of a yearning, melancholy soul, longing for a friend. Oh, he'll immediately sympathize. Pooty will have him lost and teary-eyed. Trumpy will be transformed. Yes, right after the phone call, Trumpy will get on his Android and call Barron, just to ask him how his day is going. It will be the first time Trumpy talked with Barron in over a month. Melania will be shocked to know that Trumpy asked Barron to pass the phone to her, but Barron hung up for reasons unknown.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)This idiot can't carry a thought more than 15 minutes.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)supporters.
triron
(22,003 posts)but I doubt he has any stability on the issue
0rganism
(23,955 posts)and all those other juicy promises he make
i hope the other NATO governments are more circumspect about Trump's promises than our deranged electorate was
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)We know he's easily swayed...
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)You can't trust that fat fuck any further than you can throw him.
bucolic_frolic
(43,166 posts)Fool if she did
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)She must know that he's batshit crazy. She's probably trying to calculate whether she should drag the UK's feet in exiting the EU. With Trumpy running his show, no one knows what he will actually do. But I'd imagine that the UK has its own dossier on Trumpy. They know about Steele's dossier and the increasing likelihood that it's got some truth to it. May is trying to figure out to what extent Putin owns Trumpy. She pushed Trumpy to at least SAY that he backs NATO. And we now know that Trumpy WANTS May to like him, so he folds. Now he at least sounds committed. But Trumpy also knows that the heat is on, and he can't bamboozle his way into lifting sanctions. Everyone's catching on. And that was May's message to Trumpy.
TomCADem
(17,387 posts)Wow, Kim Jong Un is more consistent.
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)Multiple personality disorder. ..
Who knows who is driving the car tomorrow.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)It's because Putin has the goods on Trumpy, but Trumpy now has to display loyalty to London and the EU, and thusly, to NATO. In the timeline, which always tells a lot of the story, May visits Trumpy BEFORE Trumpy talks to Putin. That's a key part of the story, because May will be the last foreign leader with whom he speaks before he talks with Putin.
But remember that Putin doesn't like being disappointed. He put a lot of time and money into cultivating Trumpy, and won't like it one bit of Trumpy turns cold. So we can expect that Putin will start throwing hints of exposing parts of Steele's dossier. I know it sounds like a cheap novel, but Trumpy may be getting his balls squeezed. Another DU blog poster pasted a news item indicating that a person linked to the Steele dossier has been murdered in Russia under "mysterious circumstances."
Egnever
(21,506 posts)lark
(23,102 posts)It's a total lie. He'll do everything possible to destroy NATO because that's what his master, pootie, demands.
Hugin
(33,148 posts)Anyone check for crossed fingers? If it's not in (his) writing and signed by him, don't expect it to be followed to any degree. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt are the currency of this game. Watch closely.
JHB
(37,160 posts)...and his Vlad Fanclub inner circle talks to him a lot more than May.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)And the very next day he appoints Scott Pruitt to the EPA who denies global warming and hates the EPA.
Hugin
(33,148 posts)Indefinitely.
dalton99a
(81,511 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)everyday, in every way! - Media needs to step it up -- everyday - RESIST...
WhiteTara
(29,715 posts)because he said he was behind it.