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When somebody says one thing, does another, and possibly thinks something else, all that you’re going to wind up with is problems.
President Donald Trump
reversed course on his view of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
on Wednesday, saying the organization is "no longer obsolete" after
months of bashing the defense alliance as no longer relevant during his
campaign.
"I said it was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete," Trump said in a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House.
"The secretary general and I had a productive discussion about what more
NATO can do in the fight against terrorism," Trump said. "I complained
about that a long time ago, and they made a change and now they do fight
terrorism.
"... Every generation strives to adopt the NATO alliance to meet the
challenges of their times, and on my visit to Brussels this spring,
which I look very much forward to, we will work together to do the
same," Trump continued, calling for NATO to support Iraq to fight ISIS.
"We must not be trapped by the tired thinking that so many have, but
apply new solutions to face new circumstances."
Trump also reiterated that countries in NATO ought to allocate 2 percent
of their GDP of military spending, a frequent rallying cry during his
presidential campaign last year. Only five of the 28 member states
currently do so, including the U.S.
Trump said that NATO was obsolete as recently as this January in an
interview with The Times of London. “I said a long time ago that NATO
had problems. No. 1, it was obsolete because it was designed many, many
years ago. No. 2, the countries aren’t paying what they’re supposed to
pay," Trump said in January. "I took such heat when I said NATO was
obsolete. It’s obsolete because it wasn’t taking care of terror. I took a
lot of heat for two days. And then they started saying Trump is right."
Note EU-Digest: - When
somebody says one thing, does another, and possibly thinks something
else, all that you’re going to wind up with is problems.
Let us be honest these problems are the direct result of how President Trump's Administration has been conducting its day to day business on just about every given issue during Trump's Presidency so far.
Let us be honest these problems are the direct result of how President Trump's Administration has been conducting its day to day business on just about every given issue during Trump's Presidency so far.
Hopefully the EU does not fall for this self-serving nonsense of the Trump Administration.
It should make clear to the US Administration, that as a result of US failed Middle East Policies during the past two decades, which included NATO EU nations involvement in the equation, the EU is now saddled up with millions of refugees and ISIS terrorism.
Business can not be conducted as usual because it has not worked.
It should make clear to the US Administration, that as a result of US failed Middle East Policies during the past two decades, which included NATO EU nations involvement in the equation, the EU is now saddled up with millions of refugees and ISIS terrorism.
Business can not be conducted as usual because it has not worked.
The
reality is that the EU needs a more effective and mature relationship
with the US, which includes having an independent foreign policy and
military defense force. It is as simple as that.
