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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...4) Repub prez's in particular have always faced criticism at home frm the Left, media, some in own party, for speaking in aggressive, frnes about what NATO should be doing vs. what NATO is doing. 5) Standing up to Europe, in almost any form, tends to be applauded on Right..2/
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...6) HERE'S THE BUT...3/
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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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Replying to @DavidMDrucker
Germany's reliance on Russian gas should be much more disconcerting to the other "allies".
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Replying to @DennGordon
Maybe so but that's a separate, though related, issue.
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Replying to @DavidMDrucker
How can a defense alliance be relevant any longer when major member is supplying the necessary capital to arm the alliance's biggest threat?
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Replying to @DennGordon
Europe was doing business w/ Russia when Republicans were mad at Obama for offending our NATO allies & going soft on Russia. This doesn't make NATO irrelevant.
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Replying to @DavidMDrucker
China with its economic size and military strength relative to Russia certainly makes it appear so going forward.
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