Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Trump Sought to Pull US Out of NATO Last Yr.; Still Feels Allies Not Paying Fair Share on NATO

The New York Times reports today (January 15, 2019) that President Donald Trump privately discussed pulling the U.S. out of NATO several times last year, according to The Daily Beast website.

Quoting senior administration officials, the Times reports that Trump told his national security team last summer, around the time of a NATO summit, that he didn't see the point of the international alliance.

Although Trump did not take action at that time, the officials are worried he might renew the threat because U.S. allies have still not increased their military spending to his liking.

Retired Admiral James G. Stavridis -- the former supreme allied commander of NATO -- said pulling out of NATO would be "a geopolitical mistake of epic proportion" and "the gift of the century for Putin."

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