Trump may really not know how NATO works
By Ishaan Tharoor March 24 at 1:00 AM
There are many incredible snippets to be plucked from
President Trumps interview in the new issue of Time magazine, which featured a cover asking
Is Truth Dead? (
Time was referring to the presidents penchant for spouting falsehoods, while playing with the style of
its iconic 1966 cover that asked Is God Dead?)
The entire conversation between Trump and Michael Scherer, Times Washington bureau chief, is worth reading for its jarring glimpse into Trumps psychology. A writer at the feminist blog Jezebel redacted
everything thats not verifiably true from the presidents answers and found herself scratching out almost all of his remarks. The interview ended after Trump shrugged off questions about his credibility with
a bewildering declaration: I cant be doing so badly, because Im president, and youre not.
My colleagues over at The Washington Posts Fact Checker also ran the rule over the
cascade of false claims Trump made in the interview, so we'll focus on one:
More than two months into his tenure in office, Trump still doesnt seem to understand how NATO works.
Trumps
ambivalence about the Wests preeminent military alliance is well known. Before entering the White House, he declared NATO obsolete and cast doubt on U.S. military commitments to its traditional partners in Europe.
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