Trump on March 27th: "NATO is obsolete." On April 12th: "No, it's not."

[DetlefK]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article144232269.html

In a Wednesday press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, President Trump struck a different tone.

“I said it was obsolete. It’s no longer obsolete,” Trump said.

Trump said he and Stoltenberg had a “productive discussion” about NATO tackling terrorism. NATO started with 12 members and now has 28. Trump, earlier this week, approved adding Montenegro into NATO. Russia opposes Montenegro joining NATO.

Stoltenberg said “burden sharing” is his top priority and that countries are making progress in reaching the 2 percent threshold for spending on defense, including Romania, Latvia and Lithuania, which are expected to reach the threshold this year or next.



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Wow, the geopolitical situation must have radically changed in those two weeks. One day we no longer need NATO, and suddenly we do.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Trump agrees with the last person he talks to.

Stoltenberg probably told him in no uncertain terms that NATO is very definitely not obsolete, so Trump goes, "oh, yeah, I never said that, it isn't obsolete." I have to wonder what Stoltenberg was thinking throughout that whole press conference.

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. Now add Ukraine to NATO - oh boy...watch pootie go cuckoo!! eom