The Republican, who has frequently praised his qualities as a negotiator, assured that it was a bluff, in order to obtain concessions. Article 5 of the NATO treaty obliges the members to protect any country of the alliance which would be attacked. But at a summit, Donald Trump suggested the treaty would not be honored because “everyone was deadbeat”.
Abandoned to Russia
“One of the presidents asked me if that meant we wouldn’t protect him from Russia if he didn’t pay,” Donald Trump said at a Conservative Heritage Foundation event. “I said: that’s exactly what it means. “If I had said no, then why would they have paid?” “, he said during his intervention broadcast by the conservative media RSBN.
The billionaire said he was “stunned” that this threat was never revealed by the media. Donald Trump has often been critical of NATO and other longstanding American alliances, arguing that the United States was spending too much money defending these countries which he considered to be rivals rather than partners.
Compliant with Putin
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