Posted on 05/19/2017 9:17:22 AM PDT by lowbridge
NATO is scrambling to tailor its upcoming meeting to avoid taxing President Donald Trump’s notoriously short attention span. The alliance is telling heads of state to limit talks to two to four minutes at a time during the discussion, several sources inside NATO and former senior U.S. officials tell Foreign Policy. And the alliance scrapped plans to publish the traditional full post-meeting statement meant to crystallize NATO’s latest strategic stance.
On May 25, NATO will host the heads of state of all 28 member countries in what will be Trump’s first face-to-face summit with an alliance he bashed repeatedly while running for president. NATO traditionally organizes a meeting within the first few months of a new U.S. president’s term, but Trump has the alliance more on edge than any previous newcomer, forcing organizers to look for ways to make the staid affair more engaging.
“It’s kind of ridiculous how they are preparing to deal with Trump,” said one source briefed extensively on the meeting’s preparations. “It’s like they’re preparing to deal with a child — someone with a short attention span and mood who has no knowledge of NATO, no interest in in-depth policy issues, nothing,” said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “They’re freaking out.
”Still, despite these changes, experts are wary of how Trump will react to NATO meetings and their long-winded, diplomatic back-and-forth among dozens of heads of state, which can quickly balloon into hours of meandering discussions. One former senior NATO official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described these meetings as “important but painfully dull.
”Rank-and-file diplomats always try to push for shorter, more efficient meetings at NATO. “It’s not so unusual that they strain to try to keep it interesting and short and not dragged down into details,” said Jim Townsend
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Anyone who has ever done business with Donald John Trump knows he has anything but a short attentions span.
And he misses no details.
Make the NATO countries pony up some cash.
The EU has been getting a free ride with the US paying for their protection.
With the EU countries throwing open the doors to a bunch of jihadi muslim barbarians, we should issue the EU an ultimatum:
Get your defenses back under control, OR, suffer under islamic dhimmitude and Islamic slavery.
This could work out well. People may underestimate the President.
As an example, I have seen fast-talking Americans from the Northeast go down South and encounter slow-talking Southerners. If they talk slow, they must be dumb, right? I’ve seen a lot of Yankees get the short end of deals because they were out-smarted by people who thought fast and talked slow.
Our NATO allies are preparing to talk to President Trump as if he were a child? I can already smell the Winning.
foreignpolicy.com
no agenda there
Spin, spin, spin...
Trump is currently firing foreign policy ‘experts’.
Our NATO allies are preparing to talk to President Trump as if he were a child? I can already smell the Winning.
I’m not that optimistic. Merkel is going to say F. U. to more spending and Trump isn’t going to fight another political nuclear war over Nato with so many other issues on his plate. He can only fight so many battles with ZERO beltway GOP support.
foreignpolicy.com
no agenda there
Spin, spin, spin...’
Yeah, this news rag always thought the kenyan did a great job on foreign policy. LOL.
“They” are freaking out because President Donald Trump does not suffer fools gladly.
This from a group of people who think increasing muslim populations in NATO countries is a good thing. Their stupidity is unlimited.
I doubt the problem is a short attention span as much as it is his ability to quickly understand situations and, perhaps, impatience with time wasting fools.
That is what I learned in management 101. Just the facts, cut the fluff. Meetings that I called were over in 15 minutes.
It also eliminates their need to lecture him on US priorities vs the new world order.
anonymous source? if not, show me the memo! I think this more fabricated news.
I prefer the word “fabricate” rather than “fake.”
Who writes this bs? Trump gets it the first time and doesn't need a point laboriously explained over and over. What a jerk this "writer" is.
Translation: Trump doesn’t suffer fools
Nato peacocks are basically a gathering of fools
Isn’t that the truth...
They're all jumpy because for all intents and purposes, their boss is stopping by.
If Trump decides to dump NATO, these azz-wipes are out of their kush gigs and on the street looking for honest work.
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