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Source: BBC
Nato says Trump comments 'undermine all of our security'
11 February 2024
By Frank Gardner
BBC security correspondent
And so it begins. Nine months still to go before the next US presidential election and already the Republican party favourite and former President Donald Trump is sending eyebrows and blood pressure skywards in Nato capitals with his provocative statements.
And yet they will delight many of his supporters.
Suggesting at a rally in South Carolina that he would "encourage" aggressors (for example Russia) "to do whatever the hell they want" with Nato countries that fail to pay their dues has prompted an immediate condemnation from the White House. A spokesman called the comment "appalling and unhinged", saying it was "encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes".
Nato Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has also responded forcefully, saying: "Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the US, and puts American and European soldiers at increased risk."
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68268817
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)It's a party issue, not an individual, Trump issue. The GOP is a party of yes-men and yes-women. They are 99% behind Trump. And so if Trump says that he's in favor of a Russian invasion of Europe, so agrees the entire GOP. IOW, they've all lost their marbles, AND their integrity.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)treat the cons the way they treat the dems.
All goes back to someone saying a journalist was a liberal in the 60's...remembering what the word means:
mature, worldly, intelligent, open minded...
RandomNumbers
(17,600 posts)WW II vets are spinning in their graves.
NCDem47
(2,249 posts)Biden should say to media if asked about Trump's comments, "As long as I'm President, the U.S. remains committed to NATO. I've given NUMEROUS past statements as to why that's necessary. Do your job and probe the Republican presumtive nominee to justify and defend his position about NATO."