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President Trump: NATO Is ‘No Longer Obsolete’
ABC News ^ | April 12, 2017 | RYAN STRUYK

Posted on 04/12/2017 4:12:26 PM PDT by rod5591

"President Donald Trump reversed course on his view of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Wednesday, saying it is "no longer obsolete," after months of bashing the alliance as no longer relevant during his presidential campaign.

"I said it was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete," he said at a 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."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: first100days; nato; trump; trumpnato; trumprussia
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Trump's comments during the presidential campaign that NATO was an obsolete organization made a lot of sense to me--after all, the Soviet Union is gone and NATO was formed to defend against the Soviet threat. To see Pres. Trump reversing this position is disheartening to a degree. The NATO charter says "an attack on one member is an attack on all", or words to that effect, which made sense to hold back the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union is no more. Do you think NATO is still needed and if so, should the charter be updated?
1 posted on 04/12/2017 4:12:26 PM PDT by rod5591
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Trump to NATO head: Will U.S. be paid back for defense spending?

http://hill.cm/57M6gkp


2 posted on 04/12/2017 4:14:49 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: rod5591

ABC=All Bull Crap.

If it’s true I want to see confirmation from a reliable source, not a lying leftist outlet.


3 posted on 04/12/2017 4:17:05 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: rod5591

Trump seems to have the impression NATO fights terrorism.
I don’t know what he is talking about.


4 posted on 04/12/2017 4:18:15 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: rod5591

BOHICA!

 

 

Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial Complex" Speech

Origins and Significance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y

 

5 posted on 04/12/2017 4:19:54 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: rod5591

What changed?!

More WH Globalist influence?

Let’s see: no wall, no tax cuts, carbon credits suddenly look good, NAFTA looks OK, Michelle’s school lunches and victory garden stay, on and on


6 posted on 04/12/2017 4:20:21 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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"I said it was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete," he said at a press conference...."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...

See, ABC *fake news* didn't emphasize that NATO changed before TRUMP changed.

Had Trump NOT altered his rhetoric after NATO listened to his complaints, ABC *fake news* would run the headline "Trump Stubbornly Fights Even After Concessions"

7 posted on 04/12/2017 4:21:19 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Jim 0216

Joint press conference. Look it up if you dont believe abc.


8 posted on 04/12/2017 4:21:33 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: rod5591

who is NATO’s enemy? And whoever that enemy is, what military value do such stalwarts as Montenegro and Albania provide?


9 posted on 04/12/2017 4:22:10 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: rod5591

Trump was right. Now Trump is WAY wrong. An alliance that says that “If one of us is attacked then we are all attacked” to fight terrorism—basically organized crime—is absurd. He can’t really believe this.


10 posted on 04/12/2017 4:23:41 PM PDT by 2big2fail
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To: rod5591

Within a year, Trump will come to regret that statement. He is allowing himself to be manipulated by the EU globalists.


11 posted on 04/12/2017 4:28:46 PM PDT by allendale
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To: rod5591

I do not like this one bit. Also the bank deal. IMF.


12 posted on 04/12/2017 4:30:42 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: allendale

I got screwed over today by him when he came out and said dollar too strong...and china is not manipulating currency..market didnt like it.

Oh well


13 posted on 04/12/2017 4:30:52 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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I NEVER believe ABC without reliable confirmation. You shouldn’t either. Was there no reliable outlet like Breitbart or Drudge that published an article about this? Why do we too often have to report this stuff on FR using lying leftist outlets like the All-Bull-Crap network?


14 posted on 04/12/2017 4:34:47 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

You dont have to believe it but then you might want to check if it is true.
it is


15 posted on 04/12/2017 4:36:13 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: rod5591

Nato needs to be repurposed to the greatest threat to western man since Hitler.
Hitler’s partners, the world of islam.


16 posted on 04/12/2017 4:43:04 PM PDT by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: ColdOne

Agreed. I do not like where Trump is heading.


17 posted on 04/12/2017 4:43:50 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Jim 0216

The statement on NATO comes from a nationally broadcast/cablecast news conference.
YouTube has the statement available without any news station between you and the president.


18 posted on 04/12/2017 4:45:13 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: SoFloFreeper

They haven’t changed, they only promised to change. Talk is cheap.


19 posted on 04/12/2017 4:45:56 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: rod5591

He did not like NATO not paying their fair share and not doing enough on terrorism. He thinks they are now stepping up to the plate on those issues and that is why the turn around. Not hard to understand.


20 posted on 04/12/2017 4:48:32 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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