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Feb 11 2024
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Trump Riles Critics With Anecdote About NATO Spending Negotiations
Former President Donald Trump stirred controversy on Saturday as he revived a long-running critique of NATO over how much its member nations contribute financially to the alliance, alluding to his hardball negotiation tactics with other world leaders on the subject. During an event in South Carolina, Trump spoke of how NATO, which has a 2% minimum GDP defense investment guideline for members,
The Daily WireFeb 11 2024
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Trump NATO comments draw scrutiny from alliance leader
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg criticized former President Donald Trump for suggesting that if member countries were “delinquent” with their defense contribution obligations, he would allow Russia to attack them. “NATO remains ready and able to defend all allies,” Stoltenberg said Sunday. “Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines
Washington ExaminerFeb 11 2024
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Donald Trump's NATO comment sparks furious backlash: "Unhinged"
Former President Donald Trump has sparked fierce backlash after he suggested he would "encourage" Russia to attack NATO countries falling short of guideline financial contributions to the alliance. During a rally in South Carolina on Saturday, Trump appeared to recall a conversation with an unnamed politician he described as "one of the presidents of a big country." The Republican presidential
NewsweekFeb 26 2024
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Hungary Gives Nod To Sweden’s NATO Bid After Months Of Holding Out
Hungary has given the go-ahead for Sweden to join NATO after holding out for over a year, The New York Times reported Friday.
Hungary was the last NATO member to ratify Sweden’s bid to join the alliance, but Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday the time had come to approve it, according to NYT. Hungary had held out on ratifying Sweden’s bid over disputes between the two countries
The Daily CallerApr 03 2024
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Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Russian drone attack kills rescue workers in Kharkiv; Russia says NATO dialog at 'zero' but does not seek conflict
Military experts operate at the site of a Russian aerial bombing of a high-rise residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district on March 27, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv early Friday morning killed at least four people, including three rescue workers, and injured 12 more, according to Ukrainian officials. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Kharkiv Mayor
CNBCFeb 13 2024
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‘It Would Mean the End of NATO’: Time to Take Trump Seriously
Bolton, one of the loudest critics to emerge from the Trump White House, has long expressed dismay at Trump’s tenure. In his post-mortem book, “The Room Where it Happened,” he portrayed Trump as unfamiliar with basic facts and driven, above all, by a desire to win another term. In Bolton’s telling, it’s no different with Trump’s recent comments about NATO. That doesn’t change the reality that
PoliticoFeb 12 2024
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Trump doubles down on war with NATO — and thinks Ukraine is already a member
over the weekend to attack former President Donald for his comments that he'd encourage a war with a NATO ally. The United States is in NATO, the group that links together Europe and the United States in the event of a war. has long and . Trump appears to believe that every country must pay an equal share, but that isn't the way that it works. Funds given to NATO from nations that Trump doesn'
Raw StoryFeb 12 2024
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G.O.P. Officials, Once Critical, Stand by Trump After NATO Comments
After Donald J. Trump suggested he had threatened to encourage Russia to attack “delinquent” NATO allies, the response among many Republican officials has struck three themes — expressions of support, gaze aversion or even cheerful indifference.
Republican Party elites have become so practiced at deflecting even Mr. Trump’s most outrageous statements that they quickly batted this one
New York Times (News)Feb 12 2024
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Trump's NATO jibe won't be a surprise for Europe — but it could spell a reckoning
LONDON — Top European officials say they are alarmed at Donald Trump saying he would not necessarily protect NATO allies — but the former president’s words will not have come as a surprise. In fact, many staunch Trump critics agree with his central point, that members of the military alliance set up in the wake of World War II to defend against the then-Soviet Union need to up their defense
NBC News (Online)Feb 27 2024
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NATO allies push back after Macron floats idea of sending troops to Ukraine
Various NATO allies have dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron’s belief that they should not rule out the possibility of sending troops to fight in Ukraine against Russian forces.
Following a meeting of 25 European leaders in Paris on Monday, Macron said, “We will do everything needed so Russia cannot win the war,” though he acknowledged there is not unanimous support for sending
Washington Examiner