Taking Trump seriously about NATO

  • 2016-09-07
  • Jacek Rostowski
A Donald Trump presidency would be a catastrophe for NATO and the West. Aside from threatening to withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement and to start a trade war with China, Trump praises Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggests that America should not honour its commitment to defend its NATO allies unless they pay more for that protection. Although Trump’s chances are slipping away by the day, the European Union should consider his candidacy a wake-up call regarding its own defense. The EU’s total GDP is slightly higher t...
 
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