Posted on 01/15/2019 10:18:43 AM PST by Navy Patriot
President Trump floated the idea of withdrawing the U.S. from NATO among his officials several times last year, The New York Times reported late Monday night.
Unnamed officials, both current and former, told The Times that Mr. Trump said he didn’t see the point of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and viewed it as a drain on U.S. resources. The complaint came around the time of the last NATO summit in July 2018.
The president was very vocal in the days leading up to — and during — the summit about his criticism on NATO burden sharing. He repeatedly called for NATO allies to contribute more funds and accused them of taking advantage of the U.S.
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The Washington Times relying on a New York Slimes unnamed sources story. This is getting bad.
That’s The Washington Slimes, now...
Worth repeating:
Too many of our so called allies rip us off and repeatedly stab us in the back. Leave them to their just rewards.
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