On Trump & NATO: 1) He's not the first president to demand more from NATO. 2) He's not the first Republican president to speak frankly about NATO's shortcomings (as he sees them.) 3) He's especially not the first GOP president to frustrate U.S.'s NATO allies...1/
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...7) What concerns Republican foreign policy hawks fine w/ past GOP POTUS jawboning but troubled by Trump's rhetoric is that he often sounds like he doesn't belief in the intrinsic value of NATO to the U.S. beyond dollars & cents...4/
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...8) Trump often sounds as though he doesn't believe there's a dividend the U.S. earns from NATO in global influence, peace & stability, benefitting the U.S. economically & militarily, never-mind countering Russia...5/
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... 9) Comparatively, past GOP prez's seemed to jawbone NATO allies to ante up to better & more clearly fulfill the mission of alliance - countering Soviet (& now Russian) aggression, etc. (The Euro public was as receptive then as it is now, which is important contest)...6/
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...10) Finally, there is a question of
@realDonaldTrump's effectiveness. Will his approach work? Work better than past presidents? Jury's out but skepticism is warranted. P.S.) There is a counter viewpoint to all of this held by some FP thinkers on Right...7/Show this thread -
...These pple contend Trump's heart & head on NATO is more or less where FP traditionalists wld wish it to be, but he speaks differently in accomplishing this mission - & that those who understand his language understand this & therefore aren't worried. Time will tell. 8/8 -fin
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