Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. shouldn’t automatically come to the defense of its NATO allies if they are attacked is already alarming longstanding American allies, and is likely to please U.S. rival Russia.
“Solidarity among allies is a key value for NATO,” the military alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, told BuzzFeed News as word filtered out of Trump’s latest comments, delivered in a lengthy interview with the New York Times. “This is good for European security and good for U.S. security. We defend one another.”
NATO was established in 1949, an alliance designed to reduce tensions post World War II, and …read more
Source: European Voice
