Tough love for the allies
By Ivan Eland - - Thursday, July 12, 2018
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
In international diplomacy, President Trump is often a bull in a China shop who brings his own porcelain to smash — to the delight of his domestic political base at home. However, any presidential blundering done overseas in Europe this week should not ignore that two of Mr. Trump’s instincts may be correct in the long term. Europeans need to do more for their own defense, and the United States likely needs to have a better relationship with Russia.
Although proponents of a strong NATO alliance, such as former diplomat Victoria Nuland, always tell us that it is in the U.S. interest to have strong alliances and that those alliances are in U.S. security interests, as well as those of the allies, Ms. Nuland also emphasizes that all but one of the 28 U.S. allies are already increasing defense spending and that 26 are contributing more troops to NATO activities.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/12/trump-may-be-right-about-nato-and-russia-in-the-lo/
